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04/08/2018 / By Frances Bloomfield

Crop productivity and food security threatened by herbicide-resistant super weeds

A collaborative effort between various institutions in the United Kingdom has revealed that herbicides have lost their effectiveness in controlling the weeds that damage food crops. According to the study authors, this due primarily to the fact that these plants have grown resistant to chemicals. About 70 farms across England were sampled for black-grass populations, […]

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