In 2023 we completed the world's largest and longest running field-trial on Japanese Knotweed control. Our initial findings were published in 2018 in the journal Biological Invasions, setting a new standard for peer reviewed, evidence-led invasive plant control.

Following from this work, in 2023 we coauthored an article published in Nature Scientific Reports that assessed the sustainability of the Knotweed control treatments that we tested. This novel approach to sustainability evaluation provides a gold standard against which future weed control methods should be evaluated.

Our unique body of data gives us the capacity to truly redefine invasive plant management best practice and take the long-term view of invasive plant problems. The evidence-based, scientific approach that we have pioneered helps our clients to manage invasive plant problems using less labour, lower doses of herbicide and less carbon across the whole treatment lifecycle - we really can do a lot more with a lot less!

Our full list of government, academic and commercial publications can be found on LinkedIn and ResearchGate.

Advanced Invasives is an ‘OfficiallyRecognised’ efficacy testing organisation (ORETO) accredited through our partner organisation Swansea University. ORETO ensures that organisations conducting tests and analyses that are associated with demonstrating the efficacy of Plant Protection Products (PPPs) meet statutory requirements under relevant European Commission (EC) Regulation.