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Dictionary » H » Herbicide HerbicideHerbicide (Science: chemical) a chemical used to kill or control the growth of plants. Some herbicides (such as synthetic auxins and triazine) selectively kill broad-leaved plants while leaving grass-leaved plants (i.e., cereal crops) unharmed. Other herbicides, such as paraquat, kill all plants. Herbicide use has dramatically increased crop Yield worldwide but has caused serious environmental problems, polluting soil and water and causing health hazards for humans and animals. See: pesticide. a chemical agent that destroys plants or inhibits their growth.Chemicals that have been specifically made to kill plants, or more importantly specific plants. They may be used in a certain crop to eliminate competition for resources in the area and allow the crop to grow to its potential.
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Results from our forumRe: GM crops and canola... are grown worldwide with soybean occupying most of the global biotech area (60%), followed by maize (24%), cotton (11%) and oilseed rape (5%). Herbicide tolerance is the dominant GM trait that is deployed in soybean, maize, oilseed rape and cotton and grown on 71% of the global biotech crop ...
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Possible problems associated with genetic modification... I am, a flower is considered a weed because it sucks nutrients from someone's perfect lawn. One problem with giving say a plant of your interest a herbicide gene (using a vector just for fun) is that plants tend to share genes with other plants. This is known already, I'll have to look up why if ...
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Possible problems associated with genetic modificationHow exactly could a plant "become" a weed? Although there are issues with viral and bacterial translocation of herbicide resistance genes to local weeds. And if we put a new gene into a plant, it produces a protein that it didn't before - what are the effects of that protein, ...
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The Fiber Disease... we have in common are the FIBERS. This is an autoimmune disease in my opinion. We have an undiagnosed autoimmune disease most likely caused by a herbicide or pesticide that was genetically mutated to make the plants stonger or weaker and able to battle extreme heat and cold and extreme elements. ...
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The Fiber Disease... environmental chemicals, either before or after they reach concentrations, toxic to living organism’s. Fulvic acid rapidly detoxifies the toxic herbicide known as Fulvic Acid rapidly detoxifies Paraquat. It has a special function with respect to the demise of organic compounds applied to soil ...
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