Lantana control has become high tech with the recent release of a new Decision Support Tool by the Lantana Weeds of National Significance Program.
The new computer-based tool has been designed to assist land managers with tailoring integrated control programs for their properties - promising more cost-effective management outcomes.

The Lantana Decision Support Tool includes interactive calculators that provide landholders with realistic predictions for the costs and benefists of control programs. With this more accurate information and less guesswork, land managers will be able to tailor three to four year management sequences for their properties, integrating control techniques appropriate for their situations.

The Decision Support Tool is built on information gathered from three years of adaptive management trials at 11 sites through the east coast distribution of Lantana camara. Experimental sites included a range of conservation and primary production areas to provide a broad picture of how Lantana responds to management actions.

A Lantana Best Practice Control Manual has been developed for use in conjunction wit the Decision Support Tool and constitutes the most comprhensive source of Lantana control information currently available in Australia. These materials are the culmination of the three-year project which was funded by the federal government and supported by Biosecurity Queensland.

To order your free copy of the Lantana Best Practice Control Manual and Decision Support Tool from Biosecurity Queensland, contact the Queensland Primary Industries and Fisheries on 13 25 23 or by clicking here.

Acknowledgement: This information has been provided by the Queensland Primary Industries and Fisheries Beeftalk magazine.