Zachary Ngow

I work at AgResearch on weeds. Most of my work has been on herbicide resistant weeds in maize and cereal crops. Those have mostly been annual grasses and annual herbaceous weeds: ryegrass, canary grass, summer grass, fathen, and willow weeds. I have also looked at risks of weeds evolving resistance in cereals and maize. Another major focus has been on identifying weeds in field and in soil seedbank of maize and cereals. I have also been involved in herbicide resistance work in vineyards. The work on maize was part of my Masters thesis. Apart from the herbicide resistance work, I am also involved in other work such as parasitic weeds (Cuscuta), alligator weed and weed border biosecurity. I enjoy botanizing and recently have become obsessed with naturalized bamboos in New Zealand.