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Herbicide-Resistant Crops

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USDA, ARS, Southern Weed Science Laboratory
Authors
USDA, ARS, NPS, PNRS
Sandoz Crop Protection Corporation
Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, University of California
Abstract
This report indicates that biotechnology-induced herbicide resistance in crops will allow use of herbicides that are toxicologically and environmentally less suspect that those herbicides now used in some crops.
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