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Herbicide

A herbicide is a pesticide used to kill unwanted plants.

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Study Shows Hazardous Herbicide Chemical Goes Airborne

Oct. 27, 2022 — "Dicamba drift" -- the movement of the herbicide dicamba off crops through the atmosphere -- can result in unintentional damage to neighboring plants. To prevent dicamba drift, other ...

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Weed-Killer Compounds Also Kill Parasite Sometimes Found in Cat Feces

Apr. 1, 2022 — Researchers have discovered that common herbicides and some of their derivatives can kill the parasite Toxoplasma gondii when it infects human cells in a petri dish, without harming the cells ...

Herbicide Resistance No Longer a Black Box for Scientists

Aug. 16, 2021 — New research pinpoints genomic regions associated with metabolic or non-target-site herbicide resistance in waterhemp, a problematic agricultural weed. Non-target-site resistance has long been ...

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