Source: GREENBOOK, 3/14/18


There’s a chance farmers might regain control with glyphosate—but it’ll take work and patience. Researchers from Kansas State University recently discovered the pathway for glyphosate resistance in weeds is one that is unstable and could be decreased. “We have somehow caught it [resistance] in between becoming permanently resistant,” says Bikram Gill, director of Kansas State’s Wheat Genetics Resource Center and co-author of the study. The resistance mechanism isn’t fully integrated back into the plant’s DNA. Because the resistance is unstable, farmers might …

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