Homeowners have many tools available for combatting weeds, from preventive practices like mulching and proper plant ...

Last June, Adam Knox and his crew boarded a helicopter in Maui, Hawaii, with an air gun and a small canister of capsules resembling paintballs. But instead of paint, these capsules contained the ...

The mode-of-action is the overall manner in which a herbicide affects a plant at the tissue or cellular level. Herbicides with the same mode-of- action will have the same translocation (movement) ...

Producer Monsanto is facing thousands of lawsuits from customers who now have cancer. But not all experts are convinced of a link… As a third-generation cotton farmer in Bakersfield, California, John ...

Herbicide resistance in weeds seems to be exploding. For example, Waterhemp populations in the Midwest are now surviving three or more herbicide modes of action, and relying on chemical control that ...

To understand the environmental effects of GMOs, I started by looking at plants genetically modified to be insect-resistant — and concluded that they have, on balance, helped reduce overall ...

Weeds are often not desirable in pastures for many reasons. Many weeds are less palatable to animals; the nutritive value of weeds decreases rapidly as they mature, and some can be toxic if consumed ...

Thomas Daum receives funding from the German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). The data was collected as part of my master's thesis. In order to be able to carry out my ...