News articles tagged with 'herbicide'
Two bacterial enzymes confer resistance to common herbicide, say MU researchers
— 22 Jan 2011 10:26 | BiologyIn an article in the Nov. 23 issue of the journal The Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, researchers with Dow AgroSciences and the University of Missouri report on two…
Olive oil protects liver
— 29 Oct 2010 12:33 | HealthExtra-virgin olive oil can protect the liver from oxidative stress. Researchers writing in BioMed Central's open access journal Nutrition and Metabolism exposed rats to a moderately…
Paraquat resistance discovered in major weed
— 22 Oct 2010 15:34 | EnvironmentScientists at the University of Adelaide have discovered new cases of herbicide resistance in annual ryegrass, one of the world's most serious and costly weeds…
Atrazine causes prostate inflammation in male rats and delays puberty
— 24 Aug 2010 16:19 | HealthA new study shows that male rats prenatally exposed to low doses of atrazine, a widely used herbicide, are more likely to develop prostate inflammation and to go through puberty later…
Plant buffers may limit spread of antibiotics in animal waste
— 13 Feb 2010 21:05 | EnvironmentResearch by scientists at the University of Missouri Centre for Agroforestry suggests that buffer strips of grasses and other plants can trap and break down veterinary antibiotics in…
Sweet corn study provides large-scale picture of better fields
— 6 Jan 2010 11:01 | EnvironmentIn what amounted to a kind of census of sweet corn grown for processing, three years of data from 175 fields in Illinois, Wisconsin, and Minnesota shed light on what works and what…
Evolution caught in the act
— 1 Jan 2010 11:21 | Biology'While the long term effects of genome mutations are quite well understood, we did not know how often new mutations arise in the first place,' said Detlef Weigel, director at the Max…
Understanding how weeds are resistant to herbicides
— 6 Aug 2009 09:18 | EnvironmentIn a little over seven hours, University of Illinois weed scientist Patrick Tranel got more genetic information about waterhemp than in two years time in a lab. The genetic information…
Herbicide diversity needed to keep Roundup effective
— 14 Jul 2009 17:34 | EnvironmentUsing a diverse herbicide application strategy may increase production costs, but a five-year Purdue University study shows the practice will drastically reduce weeds and seeds that…
First evidence that weed killers improve nutritional value of a key food crop
— 9 Jul 2009 14:58 | ChemistryScientists are reporting for the first time that the use of weed killers in farmers' fields boosts the nutritional value of an important food a crop. Application of two common herbicides…