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herbicide - A substance that is toxic to plants; the active ingredient in agrochemicals intended to kill specific unwanted plants, especially weeds. [FAO]

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Herbicide spraying protest could get nasty  -  21 Aug 2007
Nova Scotia Business Journal,BY JUSTIN DICKIE, TRANSCONTINENTAL MEDIA A group of residents in Roslin don’t want aerial herbicide spraying done here, and they’re willing to occupy the

Too few insects in farm crops threatens bird life  -  21 Aug 2007
Scotsman,The aim was to discover whether using lower amounts of herbicide would boost these important arable plants while not affecting the quality of the crop.

Organic farmers worry GM canola will be uncontrollable  -  21 Aug 2007
ABC Online,Federal Agriculture Minister Peter McGauran wants bans on GM canola lifted, allowing farmers to commercially grow the herbicide-resistant crop.

Agent Orange study finds little risk for residents  -  21 Aug 2007
CTV.ca,..."The comparisons that would result from this study might yield patterns of herbicide health effects associations related to the experience at CFB Gagetown

Great Start to Ridding Shops of Agrichemicals  -  21 Aug 2007
Scoop.co.nz,The Soil & Health Association welcomes the removal by ERMA of the selective herbicide clopyralid from retail sale, and now wants all retail sales of

On Expanded Corn Acreage: Less Crop Rotation, More Trait Rotation  -  21 Aug 2007
Farms.com,Then it was herbicide rotation. Now, crop specialists are emphasizing trait rotation as farmers plant more corn-on-corn to keep up with the growing ethanol

Evaluate weed control in soybeans now  -  21 Aug 2007
Hutchinson Leader,Even fields which received two applications of a glyphosate herbicide are exhibiting above average weed growth and weed density.

Postharvest ecology and management of Russian thistle  -  21 Aug 2007
Montana State University,In the Northern Great Plains, a major problem is the existence of herbicide-resistant Russian thistle biotypes. In Montana, this weed first showed

Prepare ground for oilseed rape now  -  21 Aug 2007
Irish Independent,You can then decide on the most appropriate herbicide to use and the best timing. Trifluralin (Treflan) is the cheapest herbicide that can be used in

Monsanto Finally Appeals RR Alfalfa Seed Sales Ban  -  21 Aug 2007
Truth about Trade & Technology,The injunction to ban the sale of Roundup Ready alfalfa until USDA completes an EIS on the impact of herbicide-resistant alfalfa planting seed was issued on

Monsanto's Biotech Makeover Takes Root  -  21 Aug 2007
Truth about Trade & Technology,Battling drought is more complex than the other traits introduced so far through genetics, such as pest and herbicide resistance.

Weedkiller barred from use by households  -  Aug 20, 2007
Stuff.co.nz,A group of councils and "green waste" companies have persuaded an environmental regulator to block householders' access to a herbicide for lawn weeds,

Bayer cereal herbicide receives approval from US Environmental ...  -  Aug 15, 2007
Forbes,LEVERKUSEN, Germany (Thomson Financial) - Bayer AG's CropScience unit said it received regulatory approval for its new cereal herbicidal ingredient

Bayer says gets nod for cereal herbicide in US  -  Aug 15, 2007
ReutersFRANKFURT, Aug 15 (Reuters) - Bayer (BAYG.DE: Quote, Profile, Research) won its first regulatory approval for a new herbicidal active ingredient for cereals

Wis. Brings Back Herbicide Limits  -  Aug 13, 2007
Forbes,By TODD RICHMOND 08.13.07, 12:45 PM ET State groundwater officials have resurrected a plan to limit a farm herbicide byproduct after Republican lawmakers

EHANS concerned over herbicide program  -  Aug 17, 2007
Nova Scotia Business Journal,In a recent interview with the Amherst Daily News, district manager of the Department of Environment and Labour Brad Skinner said the aerial herbicide spray

Natural Resources Board Approves Herbicide Limits  -  Aug 17, 2007
Wisconsin Ag Connection,The Wisconsin Natural Resources Board has approved a groundwater limit for a herbicide byproduct because of health concerns. This week, the DNR panel voted

Wheat herbicide receives full EPA registration  -  Aug 16, 2007
Agriculture OnlineHuskie Herbicide, a new broadleaf product for the cereal market from Bayer CropScience, has received approval from the Environmental Protection Agency.

Call to cancel GM ban  -  Aug 20, 2007
Country News,A Nuffield farm scholar argued that the Victorian moratorium on GM crops, preventing the use of herbicide-resistant canola, should be lifted and feared and

Natural Resources Board Approves Herbicide Limits  -  Aug 15, 2007
WISC,The Natural Resources Board approved a groundwater limit for a herbicide byproduct because of health concerns. The board voted 7-0 to limit alachlor-ESA to

BLM prepares EA on aerial herbicide application at Zion  -  Aug 15, 2007
St. George Daily Spectrum,ZION NATIONAL PARK — Zion National Park is preparing an environmental assessment to assess the impact of the aerial application of herbicide on the area

EPA Says 2,4-D Herbicide is Safe  -  Aug 14, 2007
Associated Content,By Donald Jacobs The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that the 2,4-D herbicide commonly used by farmers, turf managers, and homeowners is

2,4-D herbicide does not cause cancer  -  Aug 15, 2007
NEWSFOOD.com Primo piano,14 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- An herbicide used by farmers, turf professionals and homeowners to control weeds in agricultural crops, lawns and other grassy

Climatic Change and Herbicide Technology - Part 3  -  Aug 14, 2007
Farms.com,On the herbicide front, the higher temperatures can pose a variety of direct and indirect effects, jeopardizing input cost and adding crop injury losses.

Methods to controlling, exterminating weeds in gardens  -  Aug 18, 2007
Searcy Daily Citizen,Gardeners should be aware that no single herbicide will do the entire job of controlling weeds in all vegetable crops. There is also a problem of applying

New herbicide useful in corn  -  Aug 14, 2007
High Plains Journal,Rage D-Tech herbicide has received approval from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for use in a variety of crops for fast, consistent burndown of

City to Spray Herbicide to combat Hydrilla on Cross Lake  -  Aug 14, 2007
KSLA-TV,..."It's a contact herbicide not a systemic herbicide which means it's not going to kill it, it's just going to knock it back," says Wes Wynche,

Herbicide spraying planned for Annapolis County  -  Aug 14, 2007
Nova News Now,...by Larry Powell/Spectator By Lawrence Powell The herbicide spray season is underway in Nova Scotia with several applications for forest in Annapolis County.

NS environment minister considers request to rescind herbicide ...  -  Aug 13, 2007
CBC New Brunswick,HALIFAX (CP) - Opponents of herbicide spraying in Nova Scotia's Pictou County are hoping a last-minute appeal will prompt the province's environment

Suction harvester speeds milfoil removal  -  Aug 18, 2007
Boston Globe,In late May, technicians from Aquatic Control Technology of Sutton, Mass., applied herbicide to 28 acres of the cove, skipping only the center area and a

Herbicide spray program in Nova Scotia  -  Aug 14, 2007
Nova News Now,Glyphosate is registered with the PMRA for use as a forestry herbicide and other purposes, such as in the production of food crops and residential home and

Say goodbye to weeds  -  Aug 19, 2007
Vail Daily News,Glyphosate is a broad-spectrum herbicide. It kills both grasses and broadleaf plants, and that includes conifers, too. Kill the weeds completely where you

Herbicide truck and old bridge created close call in 2003  -  Aug 12, 2007
San Marcos Daily Record,Back on April 4, 2003, it wasn’t human life at risk but that of the river itself, as a tanker truck loaded with herbicide got stuck with two wheels off the

Summary Box: Wis. DNR tries herbicide standard again  -  Aug 12, 2007
Chippewa Herald,Alachlor-ESA, a breakdown product of a corn and soybean herbicide, was found in 28 percent of Wisconsin's private wells in 2001, according to state

DNR Brings Back Herbicide Limits  -  Aug 12, 2007
CBS 5 - Green Bay,...(AP) - The state DNR is trying to resurrect a plan to limit a farm herbicide in Wisconsin's groundwater. Republican lawmakers blocked the agency's efforts

CVF Technologies Corporation Reports 2nd Quarter Results  -  Aug 14, 2007
CNNMoney.comIts licensee, Scotts Canada, has launched two additional herbicide sizes in 2006 for a total of three under the Scotts Ecosense brand name.

Quad-stack hybrids top 2008 seed corn lineup  -  Aug 17, 2007
High Plains Journal,Agrisure 3000GT offers a complete trait package, combining glyphosate and Liberty herbicide tolerance with corn borer and rootworm resistance.

Monsanto Corn Seed Wins Brazilian Biosafety Approval (Update1)  -  Aug 17, 2007
Bloomberg...products: Roundup Ready soybeans, which survive application of the company's Roundup herbicide, and Bollgard cotton, which resists the bollworm.

Bromeliads will do OK once back in the shade  -  Aug 19, 2007
Orlando Sentinel,Perhaps the best way to cure this infestation is to first treat the old weedy grass with Roundup or a similar herbicide that allows resodding after use,

tree sprouts  -  Aug 18, 2007
Kansas City Star,Using a general herbicide can damage the tree as the suckers are part of the tree. Bottom line deal with them and in the future avoid trees prone to

Herbicide spray poses no risk to public: Natural Resources  -  Aug 9, 2007
The Amherst Daily,AMHERST – There’s been some controversy around the province recently regarding aerial herbicide spraying, but it hasn’t been an issue here yet.

Oilseed rape herbicide  -  Aug 9, 2007
FarmersWeekly,BASF has launched another herbicide containing metazachlor + quinmerac for use in oilseed rape. Oryx improves activity on cleavers, fool's parsley,

Herbicide spray program cancelled for Truro Road properties  -  Aug 7, 2007
Truro Daily News,TATAMAGOUCHE – A group of Truro Road residents won a small victory last week as a proposed herbicide program near their homes was cancelled.

Cordgrass-eradication effort moves to Island's north shore  -  Aug 14, 2007
San Jose Mercury News,The problem there is that the Spartina project is limited to spraying the area with an herbicide only after Sept. 1, because of the breeding habits of the

Mechanism of Dinitrophenol Herbicide Sorption by Smectites in ...  -  Aug 9, 2007
Soil Science Society of America Journal (subscription)Tanya R. Pereira a , David A. Laird b ,* , Cliff T. Johnston c , Brian J. Teppen d , Hui Li d and Stephen A. Boyd d a Dep. of Agronomy, Iowa State Univ.,

Approval doesn’t mean safe  -  Aug 17, 2007
The Amherst Daily,AMHERST – Barb Harris says the Department of Environment and Labour and the Pest Management Regulatory Agency don’t know the dangers of aerial herbicide

A new wheat herbicide from a new group  -  Aug 1, 2007
Farming UK,Based on the active ingredient flumioxazin, SumiMax is a new contact and residual acting herbicide for winter wheat, offering excellent control of a wide

Role of lower IPU rate ahead of herbicide’s withdrawal  -  Aug 2, 2007
Farmers Guardian,THE 1.5 kilograms per hectare rate of isoproturon approved for use ahead of the complete withdrawal of the herbicide in 2009 continues to have a role to

Climatic Change and Herbicide Technology - Part Two  -  Jul 28, 2007
Farms.com,In Part 2, he addresses climate change and herbicide interaction. For the general reader to understand how the environment interacts with herbicides,

Herbicide spray debate continues in Pictou County  -  Aug 4, 2007
Nova Scotia Business Journal,At the heart of the issue is the safety of the chemical herbicide in question, Vision, and the necessity of spraying of any kind to maintain valuable

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