Roundup? Glysophate? What’s really in your weedkiller?

Although the Roundup brand and glyphosate have been synonymous for many years, that’s not the case anymore. You’ll need to ...
C&EN

Non-Target-Site Resistance Mechanisms Endow Multiple Herbicide Resistance to Five Mechanisms of Action in Conyza bonariensis

Centro de Ciências da Natureza, Universidade Federal de São Carlos─Campus Lagoa do Sino, 18290-000 Buri, Brazil Article Views are the COUNTER-compliant sum of full text article downloads since ...
The New York Times

From Industry to E.P.A.: Lobbyist Now Oversees Pesticide Rules

Kyle Kunkler fought for a restricted weed killer that can harm plants and wildlife when it drifts to nearby land. He’s now at the E.P.A., which wants to allow its use. By Hiroko Tabuchi Until recently ...
C&EN

How Chiral Herbicide Napropamide Modulates Plant Antibiotic Resistance Gene Dissemination: Enantioselective Interference with Nutrient–Metabolite–Cell Wall Networks

Zhejiang Collaborative Innovation Center for Full-Process Monitoring and Green Governance of Emerging Contaminants, Key Laboratory of Pollution Exposure and Health Intervention of Zhejiang Province, ...
Frontiers

Emerging possibilities in the advancement of herbicides to combat acetyl-CoA carboxylase inhibitor resistance

Acetyl-CoA carboxylase (ACCase: EC 6.4.1.2) is one of the essential biotins containing enzymes required by plants for fatty acid synthesis and elongation. The unique enzyme is present in its homomeric ...
New Atlas

Green herbicide may reside in the leaves of walnut trees

Harsh, eco-unfriendly synthetic herbicides are definitely one of those things that you shouldn't be using if you don't have to. Japanese researchers are thus now developing a green alternative, ...