Another step on the transgene-facilitated herbicide treadmill.

Autor: Mortensen DA; Department of Agriculture, Nutrition, and Food Systems, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, USA., Ryan MR; School of Integrative Plant Science-Soil and Crop Sciences Section, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA., Smith RG; Department of Natural Resources and the Environment, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, USA.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Pest management science [Pest Manag Sci] 2024 Sep; Vol. 80 (9), pp. 4145-4149. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Apr 11.
DOI: 10.1002/ps.8105
Abstrakt: Transgenic, dicamba-resistant soybean and cotton were developed to enable farmers to combat weeds that had evolved resistance to the herbicide glyphosate. The dramatic increases in dicamba use these crops facilitated have led to serious problems, including the evolution of dicamba-resistant weeds and widespread damage to susceptible crops and farming communities. Disturbingly, this pattern of dicamba use has unfolded while the total herbicide applied to soybean has nearly doubled since 2006. Without substantive changes to agricultural policy and decision making, the next 'silver-bullet' agrotechnology will likely be no more than another step on the transgene-facilitated herbicide treadmill. © 2024 The Authors. Pest Management Science published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Society of Chemical Industry.
(© 2024 The Authors. Pest Management Science published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Society of Chemical Industry.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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