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Superweeds on the march
In Arkansas, state ag officials turn to Syngenta to solve problems caused by Monsanto |
Tom Philpott |
14 Mar 2008 |
Gristmill |
| In the late 1990s, farmers in the Southeast began planting Roundup Ready cotton -- genetically engineered by Monsanto to withstand heavy doses of Roundup, the seed giant's own blockbuster herbicide. As a result, use of Roundup exploded -- and the farmers enjoyed 'clean' (i.e., weedless) fields of monocropped cotton. But after a point, something funny happened -- certain weeds began to survive the Roundup dousings. These 'superweeds' had somehow gained Roundup resist ... |
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| Topics: agriculture, Big Ag, business, food, industrial ag, toxics (all these topics) |
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