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Topics Include (we can also tailor make a course for your organisation/institute):

• Weed Ecology - What makes a weed?
• Weed identification
• Introduction to Biological Control
• Biological Control Regulations
• Agent Biology 
• Host Specificity
• Mass-rearing biological control agents
• Agent Release Techniques
• Post-Release Evaluations
• Integrated Control
• Basic and Introductory Statistics

 Dr Grant Martin giving a presentation during the 2016 Weeds Short Course

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