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Personal profile
Biography
Mike Ashworth is an Research Agronomist with the Australian Herbicide Resistance Initiative. Mike grew up on a family farm in Western Australia, before being trained as an Agronomist. Mike worked as an Elders agronomist before being employed with the Western Australian no till farmers association.
Roles and responsibilities
Herbicide resistance, farming systems research, improving no-till systems, herbicide efficacy in no-till systems, Integrated weed management.
Current projects
I am currently managing the agronomy research at the Australian Herbicide Resistance Initiative (AHRI) studying the optimal use of integrated weed management techniques to minimise unintended herbicide resistance or lifecycle adaptations in economically damaging weed species. I am also running a project to develop a novel in field herbicide resistance assay to screen annual weed populations for herbicide resistance. Both projects are funded by the Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)
Industrial relevance
Herbicide resistance, IPM and soil seed bank decline, Herbicide technology
Research
Herbicide resistance
Weed control
Conservation farming/no-till systems
Agronomy and cropping systems
Precision agriculture
Water use efficiency
Weed control
Conservation farming/no-till systems
Agronomy and cropping systems
Precision agriculture
Water use efficiency
Languages
English
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Segmentation of Sandplain Lupin Weeds from Morphologically Similar Narrow-Leafed Lupins in the Field
Danilevicz, M. F., Rocha, R. L., Batley, J., Bayer, P. E., Bennamoun, M., Edwards, D. & Ashworth, M. B., Apr 2023, In: Remote Sensing. 15, 7, 1817.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Concurrent evolution of seed dormancy and herbicide resistance in field populations of dominant weed species in Western Australian cropping systems
Maity, A., Lujan Rocha, R., Khalil, Y., Bagavathiannan, M., Ashworth, M. B. & Beckie, H. J., 17 May 2022, In: Weed Science. 70, 3, p. 309-318 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Mechanical scarification technique breaks seed coat-mediated dormancy in wild oat (Avena fatua)
Lujan Rocha, R., Khalil, Y., Maity, A., Beckie, H. J. & Ashworth, M. B., 11 Feb 2022, In: Weed Technology. 36, 1, p. 152-159 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Assessing the capability and potential of LiDAR for weed detection
Shahbazi, N., Ashworth, M. B., Callow, J. N., Mian, A., Beckie, H. J., Speidel, S., Nicholls, E. & Flower, K. C., 1 Apr 2021, In: Sensors. 21, 7, 2328.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access5 Citations (Scopus) -
Comparison of crop and weed height, for potential differentiation of weed patches at harvest
Shahbazi, N., Flower, K. C., Callow, J. N., Mian, A., Ashworth, M. B. & Beckie, H. J., Feb 2021, In: Weed Research. 61, 1, p. 25-34 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
3 Citations (Scopus)
Datasets
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Maximising crops and minimising weeds with smart phase farming
Lujan Rocha, R. (Creator), Ashworth, M. (Creator) & Khalil, Y. (Creator), The University of Western Australia, 31 Dec 2026
DOI: 10.26182/gcwd-v284
Dataset
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Crop competition for weed control and mainenance of yield in Western Australia
Lujan Rocha, R. (Creator) & Ashworth, M. (Creator), The University of Western Australia, 2028
DOI: 10.26182/x0ye-xg90
Dataset
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Low weed seed bank persistence under sustained integrated weed management
Lujan Rocha, R. (Creator) & Ashworth, M. (Creator), The University of Western Australia, 31 Dec 2026
DOI: 10.26182/vss1-1s51
Dataset
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Segmentation of sandplain lupin weeds from morphologically similar narrow-leafed lupins in the field
Furaste Danilevicz, M. (Creator), Lujan Rocha, R. (Creator), Batley, J. (Creator), Bayer, P. (Creator), Bennamoun, M. (Creator), Edwards, D. (Creator) & Ashworth, M. (Creator), Figshare, 2023
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.21746669.v1, https://figshare.com/articles/dataset/Segmentation_of_sandplain_lupin_weeds_from_morphologically_similar_narrow-leafed_lupins_in_the_field/21746669/1
Dataset
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Data from: Directional selection for flowering time leads to adaptive evolution in Raphanus raphanistrum (Wild radish)
Ashworth, M. (Contributor), Walsh, M. (Contributor), Flower, K. (Contributor), Vila Aiub, M. (Contributor) & Powles, S. (Contributor), DRYAD, 7 Dec 2015
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.3j380, http://datadryad.org/stash/dataset/doi:10.5061/dryad.3j380
Dataset
Projects
- 5 Finished
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Preparedness for loss of access to significant herbicide use patterns or chemistry: implications and planning
Flower, K., Ashworth, M. & Beckie, H.
Grains Research & Development Corporation
1/05/22 → 30/04/23
Project: Research
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Postdoc Research Fellowship: Maximising crops and minimising weeds with smart phase farming
Ashworth, M. & Khalil, Y.
Grains Research & Development Corporation
12/11/18 → 20/12/21
Project: Research
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Low weed seed bank persistence under sustained Integrated weed management
Beckie, H. & Ashworth, M.
Grains Research & Development Corporation
21/11/17 → 28/12/19
Project: Research
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Infrastructure Grants -2017 - Crop and Weed Agronomy Laboratory
Powles, S., Flower, K. & Ashworth, M.
Grains Research & Development Corporation
31/07/17 → 31/05/18
Project: Research
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Cultural management for weed control and maintenance of crop yield
Ashworth, M., Lujan Rocha, R. & Beckie, H.
Grains Research & Development Corporation
1/07/17 → 30/06/22
Project: Research
Courses
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PLNT2201 Plants in Action
Patrick Finnegan, Kosala Ranathunge, Erik Veneklaas, Michael Ashworth & Guijun Yan 27/07/20 → 30/11/20
Course