RIM - Resistance and Integrated Management
A decision tool for integrated weed management
Brief overview
News
and latest information
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Background information
Required
hardware and software
Assumptions
of RIM: An overview
How
to use RIM: An overview
The
treatment options included in RIM, both chemical and
non-chemical
Papers on RIM
RIM is a computer package that allows you to try out many different combinations of weed treatments and observe their predicted impacts on ryegrass populations, crop yields and long-term economic outcomes. A wide variety of chemical and non-chemical weed treatment options are included, so that as chemicals are lost to herbicide resistance, the next best substitute can be identified.
To do this by trial and error in the real world, rather than in a computer simulation, would take many years and may leave farmers with a major weed problem they could have avoided. With RIM, farmers and others can conduct ‘virtual’ experiments with a vast range of treatment options before they put real dollars at risk.
RIM can help farmers to tackle questions such as:
Required software: Microsoft Excel® 97 or later.
RIM will run on a Mac computer if it has the correct Excel software.
Further information:
Robert Barrett-Lennard, WA
Herbicide Resistance Initiative, UWA, 6488 7870
Vanessa Stewart, Dept Agriculture, Merredin, 9081 3111
David Pannell, UWA, David.Pannell@uwa.edu.au
The developers:
News and latest information
| June 2004. | Updated RIM 2004 completed, with numerous enhancements. |
| January 2004 | Paper on RIM published in Agricultural Systems |
| 2004. | RIM workshops run by Rick Llewellin in South Australia and Victoria, as well as throughout Western Australia. |
| August 2002. | Version prepared for use in Top Crop workshops. |
| July 2002. | Updated and improved version of RIM in preparation. |
| December 2000. | Over 200 copies sold. |
| June 2000. | RIM was the subject of several papers at the III International Weed Science Congress, Iguassu Falls, Brazil. |
| March 2000. | Over 100 copies sold. |
| 20 Nov 1999. | Version 99j completed. Corrects bug in green manuring treatment. Earlier versions exaggerate the effectiveness of green manuring. |
| 1 Nov 1999. | Version 99i completed. Includes options to use selective herbicides in pastures. |
| 13 Oct 1999. | RIM launched at JERAC Expo, Jerramungup. |
| 5 Oct 1999. | RIM is currently being finalised for release on October 13 1999. |
Monjardino, M., D.J. Pannell, S. Powles (2005). The economic value of glyphosate-resistant canola in the management of two widespread crop weeds in a WA farming system. Agricultural Systems 84(3): 297-315.
Pannell, D.J., Stewart, V., Bennett, A., Monjardino, M., Schmidt, C. and Powles, S.B. (2004). RIM: A Bioeconomic Model for Integrated Weed Management of Lolium rigidum in Western Australia. Agricultural Systems 79(3): 305-325. full paper (122K)
Monjardino, M., D.J. Pannell, S. Powles (2004). The economic value of haying and green manuring in the integrated management of annual ryegrass and wild radish in a Western Australian farming system, Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture 44(12): 1195-1203. Final journal version (156K pdf file)
Monjardino, M., D.J. Pannell, S. Powles (2004). Economic value of pasture phases in the integrated management of annual ryegrass and wild radish in a Western Australian farming system, Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture 44(3): 265-271. Final journal version (66K pdf file)
Monjardino, M., Pannell, D.J., and Powles, S.B. (2003). A multi-species bio-economic model for integrated weed management. Weed Science 51(5): 798-809. full paper (185K)
Pannell, D.J. (2000). Decision Support for Integrated Weed Management. Proceedings, III International Weed Science Congress, Foz do Iguacu, Brazil, 6-11 June 2000, (SEA Working Paper 2000/03). full paper (68K)
Llewellyn, R., Lindner, R.K., Pannell, D.J. & Powles, S. (2000). Adoption of integrated weed management to conserve the herbicide resource: review and framework, Australian Agribusiness Review http://www.agribusiness.asn.au/review/2001v9/Llewellyn_2001_1/Llewellyn.htm (SEA Working Paper 00/06, Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Western Australia). full paper (73K)
Pannell, D.J. and Zilberman, D. (2001). Economic and sociological factors affecting growers’ decision making on herbicide resistance. In: D.L. Shaner and S.B. Powles (eds.) Herbicide Resistance and World Grains, CRC Press, Boca Raton, pp. 251-277. (SEA Working Paper 00/07, Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Western Australia). full paper (110K)
Monjardino, M., Pannell, D.J. and Powles, S. (2000). The Value of Green Manuring in the Integrated Management of Herbicide-Resistant Annual Ryegrass (Lolium rigidum). (SEA Working Paper 00/11, Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Western Australia). full paper (208K).
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