Noxious weeds of Australia, 2nd edition By W.T. Parsons and E.G. Cuthbertson Published in 2001 by CSIRO Publishing, colour, hard cover, 712 pages Price $A195.00 plus $A12 postage within Australia [up to 3 kg], overseas postage please request a quote ISBN 0643065148 or ISBN 9780643065147

Previously published in 1992, this book has been the prime reference for noxious weed species throughout Australia.

It provides a comprehensive description of those plants declared as a noxious weed, proclaimed pest or pest plant under legislation anywhere in Australia. This new edition updates the legal requirement for control information for each State and Territory, lists the additions and deletions of proclaimed weeds since 1992 and has revised the list of herbicides and their properties.

About the authors

Bill Parsons and Eric Cuthbertson have had long and distinguished careers associated with weeds and their control. Eric Cuthbertson was a Weeds Research Officer at the Agricultural Research Institute at Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, for many years, and Bill Parsons was Officer-in-charge at the Keith Turnbull Research Institute and later Chairman of the Vermin and Noxious Weeds Destruction Board in Victoria. Both are widely known and respected throughout Australia and overseas for their contributions to weed science.

Table of contents

• Acknowledgements
• Introduction
• Noxious weed legislation in Australia
• Pteridophytes (pages 13-22)
• Spermatophytes (pages 23-643)
• Cycads and gymnosperms
• Angiosperms
• Monocotelydons
• Dicotyledons
• Addendum
• Appendix: properties of herbicides mentioned in the text
• Glossary
• Index