Friday, August 05, 2005

Herbicide Resistant Pigweed Found in Georgia

NCGA - News of the Day:
August, 2005
...Dr. Stanley Culpepper of the University of Georgia, who is investigating the pigweed case with Monsanto, collected seed from a field in 2004 and tested the seed in three greenhouse studies this spring. The results revealed poor performance of Roundup herbicide applied at normal label rates. Monsanto and Culpepper are now conducting heritability studies to confirm resistance...

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