Lippia is estimated to cost the livestock grazing industries $38 million per year in lost production in the Murray Darling Basin alone where it is estimated to cover 5.3 million ha.

It is estimated that Lippia causes an average reduction in stocking rate of 55%. In many grazing areas, especially in riparian areas, conventional control methods such as herbicides and cultivation are unable to be used to control Lippia.

In these areas biological control may offer an effective means of control of this weed. AWI co-funded research into the biological control of Lippia through CSIRO Entomology. CSIRO Entomology worked with the University of Bahia Blanco and the United States Department of Agriculture in South America to identify several potential biological control agents for use in Australia.

Download the Report of the 2nd Australian Lippia Research Workshop, Parkes, 8-9 July 2008.

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