Herbicide

...the genetic modifications because they save work and enable them to cultivate more land. The modified plants can stand up to the powerful herbicide glyphosate, best known commercially as Roundup, allowing them to use the weedkiller not just...

In this article: Roundup, Monsanto, DuPont, Farmers, Soybean, Glyphosate, and Justice Department

...almost a continuous process. Which leads to the route that many people assume is the only way to deal with weeds: herbicide. Certainly, herbicides will kill weeds - "cide" is from the Latin for kill. I don't oppose prudently used...

In this article: Glyphosate, Legal age, Waste, Defoliant, Poison ivy, and Vietnam

...impact of another troublesome hazard to recreational boating on the lake and is considering using a combination of dredging, aeration and herbicides to accomplish that. Aquatic weeds, including invasive species like Eurasian milfoil, have...

In this article: Phosphorus, Greenwood Lake, Oxygen, New Jersey, Invasive species, and Mercury

...a small pond or wetland in your backyard. If you want to give toads an advantage in your yard, reevaluate the chemical fertilizers and herbicides you use. Some amphibian deformities have been traced to overexposure to certain chemicals. In...

In this article: American toad, Wart, Toxin, Treasure Coast, Dog, Natural Resources Conservation Service, and United States

...Bayer CropScience is one of the leading innovative companies in the agricultural industry. In 2008, the insecticides spirotetramat and the herbicide pyrasulfotole have been launched successfully. Three fungicides - fluopyram, bixafen and...

In this article: Bayer, Insecticide, Fungicide, Asia, and Hyderabad, India

...treated sewage: human hormones, birth-control pills, chemicals in antibacterial soap. Others wash off farm fields, such as the herbicide atrazine, the pesticide dieldrin, and cow and chicken hormones excreted in manure. Blazer, the...

In this article: Potomac River, Hormone, Atrazine, EPA, West Virginia, Fiscal year, Coal, and Smallmouth bass

...should resume trials of GM crops, which halted in 2008, has generated criticism from environmental campaigners who point out that the growth of herbicide-resistant GM crops in countries such as Argentina and the US has seen dramatic increases...

In this article: Climate change, Potato, Leeds University, Royal Society, and EU

The rapid adoption by U.S. farmers of genetically engineered corn, soybeans and cotton has promoted increased use of pesticides, an epidemic of herbicide-resistant weeds and more chemical residues in foods, according to a report issued Tuesday...

In this article: Soybean, Monsanto Co, Roundup, Insecticide, U.S., and Herbicide resistance

...now controls 80 - 90 percent of all corn and soybean production in the U.S.--has increased the usage of synthetic, weed-killing herbicides by 383 million pounds from 1996 to 2008. Based on USDA data, 46 percent of the total increase...

In this article: Monsanto, Glyphosate, Bloomberg.com, Soybean, Tortilla chip, American Academy, Asthma, and Allergy

Published Date: 10 November 2009 RESEARCHERS and crop advisers working on filling the gap brought about by the removal of several major herbicides have suggested growers will have to change some of their management practices a but even then...

In this article: EU, Potato, Scottish Agricultural College, and UK