With herbicide resistance in common weeds already impacting significantly on the WA grain industry's profitability, evidence has now been found of resistance issues in lesser-known and emerging weeds.
Ecology
Jun 9, 2015
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The widespread evolution of herbicide-resistant weeds is costing farmers, especially through decreases in productivity and profitability. Although researchers and industry personnel have made recommendations to slow this ...
Ecology
May 22, 2015
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As growers across the southern United States have planted increased corn acreage in recent years, corn-attacking insects have become a widespread problem, including populations of the western corn rootworm that have developed ...
Ecology
Apr 1, 2015
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A recent study by a Kansas State University weed scientist finds why the invasive weed kochia is like a cockroach of the plant world.
Biotechnology
Feb 19, 2015
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Herbivores, not herbicides, may be the most effective way to combat the spread of one of the most invasive plants now threatening East Coast salt marshes, a new Duke University-led study finds.
Ecology
Sep 25, 2014
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Organic and specialty crop growers are trying to make a living off the rising consumer interest in locally grown and organic foods.
Ecology
Sep 6, 2014
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Findings from an international study led by two Queen's researchers could lead to safer food sources and provide better protection for crops.
Biotechnology
Apr 8, 2014
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A strategy that applies herbicides to crops at two different times has been found to effectively combat weeds including wild radish (Raphanus raphanistrum) in northern Wheatbelt crops.
Ecology
Mar 17, 2014
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Farmers should take extra precautions so drifting herbicides do not create unintended consequences on neighboring fields and farms, according to agricultural researchers.
Ecology
Feb 10, 2014
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The increasing use of chemical herbicides is often blamed for the declining plant biodiversity in farms. However, other factors beyond herbicide exposure may be more important to species diversity, according to Penn State ...
Ecology
Feb 4, 2014
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