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Engineered cotton uses weed-suppression chemical as nutrient

A newly developed fertilizer system will provide nutrition to engineered cotton crops worldwide and a deadly dose to weeds that are increasingly herbicide resistant, according to a new study. The new ... read more

Engineered cotton uses weed-killing herbicide as nutrient

The new system applies phosphite to cotton crops engineered to express a certain gene — a gene that makes cotton able to process the phosphite into nutrition while the same compound suppresses weeds ... read more

Study examines how herbicide adds to phosphorus levels in soil and waterways

In many agricultural areas, decades of phosphorus-based fertilizer use have led to a saturation of the soil's capacity to hold the nutrient ... soybean and cotton cultivation," Hébert says. read more

Why choosing Organic Cotton is better for everyone

Conventional cotton farmers also grow cotton year after year on the same plot of land. This causes soil degradation as nutrients are not replaced and reduces water retention in the soil. Conventional ... read more

20 Genetically Modified Foods Coming to Your Plate

Rice plants are often modified to be resistant to herbicides and pests, to increase grain size and to generate nutrients ... chemical companies DuPont and Monsanto are both working on their own ... read more

Illegal herbicide use may threaten survival of Missouri's largest peach farm

Bader blames the problem on people he calls “dicamba outlaws” — area farmers suspected of unauthorized or “off-label” use of the herbicide ... released genetically modified cotton that is resistant to ... read more

My Turn: Ranchers are environmentalists, too

Consideration of water use and chemical applications ... genetically modified corn and cotton grown with the use of fewer pesticides, and plants that provide greater nutrients in Third World countries ... read more

Engineered cotton uses weed-suppression chemical as nutrient

COLLEGE STATION - A newly developed fertilizer system will provide nutrition to engineered cotton crops worldwide and a deadly dose to weeds that are increasingly herbicide resistant, according to a ... read more

Engineered cotton uses weed-suppression chemical as nutrient: researchers

HOUSTON, June 4 (Xinhua) -- A newly developed fertilizer system may provide nutrition to engineered cotton crops, while suppressing weeds that are increasingly herbicide resistant, according to a ... read more

Newly developed fertilizer system would kill herbicide-resistant weeds

The new system applies phosphite to cotton crops engineered to express a certain gene -- a gene that makes cotton able to process the phosphite into nutrition while the same compound suppresses weeds ... read more

Engineered cotton uses weed-suppression chemical as nutrient

Dr. Keerti Rathore, a Texas A&M AgriLife Research plant biotechnologist in College Station, stands among ptxD-cotton plants being grown in a greenhouse for seed increase. Credit: Texas A&M AgriLife ... read more