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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 target specific enzymes, and mutations are selected that confer resistance-endowing amino acid substitutions, decreasing...
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