BIO 131 Lecture 14: Pesticides
1 Dec 2016
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Pesticides in ou r food, in ou r environ ment, a nd effects on pollin ators. Article: impact of genetically engineered crops on pesticide use in u. s. the first sixteen. Wide spread of glyphosate resistant weeds increased volume of herbicides have been applied to combat this. Article: 2. 6 billion pounds of monsanto"s glyphosate sprayed on u. s. Decades: glyphosate is the go-to weed killer used on gmo plants, roundup ready corn and soybeans gmo corn and soybeans that can withstand/live through the chemicals sprayed on to kill off weeds and other unwanted plants. There are no gmo or roundup ready oats, so where is the glyphosate coming from: glyphosate is used on oats as a pre-harvest spray. Within 24 hours of being sprayed, the oats are dead/brown and can be harvested the roundup kills the oats so that farmers can harvest them faster.
