How does the evolution of herbicide resistance relate to plant physiology? A new paper in AoB PLANTS suggests a few ways to find out.
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Plant Records: More Weed Than You Ever Need
Name: Palmer amaranth Scientific name: Amaranthus palmeri Known for: Destroyer of crop yields Record broken: Weed of the Year two years running (2014-2015) Palmer amaranth, also known as Palmer’s pigweed, is a fast...
Alexandra Boliver-Brown
Effects of herbicide-resistance alleles on weed seed germination
Plant genes enabling arable weeds to survive herbicide applications can have varied effects on the weed life cycle.
AJ Cann
GM crops – OMG?
Genetically-modifed crops have never found the acceptability in Europe that they have in other parts of the World, notably the USA. There lots of reasons for this, ranging from ill-infomed two-headed monster theories to...
Glyphosate drift and transgene gene flow in Brassica
Glyphosate drift and transgene gene flow in Brassica Drift of herbicides beyond field boundaries may function as a selective agent contributing to increased persistence of escaped transgenes in the environment. Londo et...
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