Future
Surveillance is a key component of any weed eradication program, but on-ground searching is labour-intensive. The seed image analysis system developed at DAFWA’s Albany laboratories provides a relatively quick low-cost method of screening grain samples for the presence of bedstraw seeds (and, potentially, other contaminants).
On behalf of the Grains, Seeds and Hay Industry Management Committee, DAFWA has entered discussions with CBH about the possible use of its EyeFoss seed testing equipment to screen harvested grain samples from across the South-West for the presence of bedstraw seeds. The EyeFoss system uses the same image analysis approach as the DAFWA system and is already being used at many CBH terminals to test for a variety of seed quality and contamination characteristics. The range of tests done by the EyeFoss system could be expanded relatively simply to include to capacity to ‘recognise’ bedstraw seeds in grain samples.