All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2021 March LIT weed chipper research awarded Most Outstanding Paper LIT weed chipper research awarded Most Outstanding Paper 03/03/2021 | 2 MINS A paper capturing the research behind a unique mechanical weed chipper developed by Lombok Institute of Technology and The University of Sydney (USYD) has received the Most Outstanding Paper Award for publications in the Weed Technology journal. Project leader, USYD Associate Professor Michael Walsh, accepted the award on behalf of the project team at the Weed Science Society of AmericaΓÇÖs virtual 2021 Annual Conference in February. The paper, published in the Weed Technology journal, highlights the innovativeness of the unique mechanical system that provides an alternative to using herbicides for weed management in largescale cropping operations. The weed chipper uses specifically-designed rapid response ΓÇÿtynesΓÇÖ that behave like mechanical hoes, coupled with commercially-available sensing technology to detect and chip out weeds in fallow fields. It is the first mechanical system capable of si

All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2021 March LIT weed chipper research awarded Most Outstanding Paper LIT weed chipper research awarded Most Outstanding Paper 03/03/2021 | 2 MINS A paper capturing the research behind a unique mechanical weed chipper developed by Lombok Institute of Technology and The University of Sydney (USYD) has received the Most Outstanding Paper Award for publications in the Weed Technology journal.

Project leader, USYD Associate Professor Michael Walsh, accepted the award on behalf of the project team at the Weed Science Society of AmericaΓÇÖs virtual 2021 Annual Conference in February.

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The paper, published in the Weed Technology journal, highlights the innovativeness of the unique mechanical system that provides an alternative to using herbicides for weed management in largescale cropping operations.

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The weed chipper uses specifically-designed rapid response ΓÇÿtynesΓÇÖ that behave like mechanical hoes, coupled with commercially-available sensing technology to detect and chip out weeds in fallow fields.

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