Herbicide-resistant Grape Could Revitalize Midwest Wine Industry
Monday, October 20, 2008 - 23:28
in Health & Medicine
An herbicide that is effective at killing broadleaf weeds in corn, but also annihilated most of the grapes in Illinois and other Midwestern states, may finally have a worthy contender. Researchers have developed a new grape called Improved Chancellor which is resistant to the popular herbicide 2, 4-D.