Roundup-resistant weeds pose threat

Monday, June 21, 2010 - 11:03 in Biology & Nature

When the weed killer Roundup was introduced in the 1970s, farmers gave up harsher chemicals. But now, weed species that resist to Roundup have evolved, forcing farmers to return to less environmentally safe practices they abandoned decades ago.

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