Evolution in action: plants resistant to herbicides.

doi:10.1146/annurev-arplant-042809-112119

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Evolution in action: plants resistant to herbicides.

Annual review of plant biology - 1 Jan 2010

Powles Stephen B, Yu Qin

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Modern herbicides make major contributions to global food production by easily removing weeds and substituting for destructive soil cultivation. However, persistent herbicide selection of huge weed numbers across vast areas can result in the rapid evolution of herbicide resistance. Herbicides tar...

Topics

Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System
Herbicide Resistance
Herbicides
Mutation
Plants

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