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Weeds grow more resistant to herbicides
- 16 Feb 2012
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- Agriculture February 16 2012 Food Safety GMO's Herbicides Weeds
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"As reported in the journal BioScience, increased use of herbicide is leading to more species of weeds that also are resistant to the chemicals. The researchers note that 21 different weed species have evolved resistance to several glyphosate herbicides, 75 percent of which have been documented since 2005, despite company-sponsored research that the resistance would not occur.
“Several species have developed amazing biochemical ways to resist the effects of the herbicide,” says J. Franklin Egan, doctoral student in ecology. “If weed problems are addressed just with herbicides, evolution will win."

via futurity.org
The Book of Kudzu: a Culinary and Healing Guide
- 9 Nov 2011
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- 08November11 Herbs Invasive Kudzu Medicinal Weeds ethnobotany
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read it all via books.google.com

Copyright (c) Sarah "Sallie" Thayer

Kudzu Rising
Copyright 2004 © Ronald W. Hull

With kudzu rising it's not surprising,
That the killer bee moves north.
The sparrow sings while the bee stings,
And the black starling has no worth.
Bamboo inches, its tendrils itches,
To slowly cover earth.
Eucalyptus grows in stately rows,
Pissing acid rain like it was Perth.
Fire ant mounds, daily hounds,
The grazing brahma’s berth.
Kudzu crawls up our walls,
And peeks into our mirth.
Treetop high, it shades the sky,
Creeping beneath a sea of green.
Not the first, nor the last,
To conquer our pristine scene.
Asian men walked a thin slice,
Thirty thousand years before,
Crossing over a bridge of ice,
To reach this hallowed shore.
The steeds of conquistadors,
Came and played to preen.
The Irish come from Ireland,
For the “wearin’ of the green.”
And now the South is wearin’ it,
As the kudzu crawls on north.
“Watch out bamboo, here I come.”
Another alien among us, …
… for what it’s worth!
Why Weeds are Vital
- 4 Oct 2011
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- 03October11 Agriculture Ecology Parables Weeds
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"Weeds, which are widely deemed as a nuisance plant, are vital to the existence of many farmland species according to a new University of Hull study published in the journal Biological Conservation today.

Since many weeds produce flowers and seed, they are an integral part of our ecosystem and together with other crop and non-crop seeds found on farms, they provide food for over 330 species of insects, birds and animals."

via physorg.com

"Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field:

But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way.

But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also.

So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? from whence then hath it tares?

He said unto them, An enemy hath done this. The servants said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up?

But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them.

Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn."

— Matthew 13:24-30, Holy Bible: King James Version
Super Weeds Pose Growing Threats
- 26 Sep 2011
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- 25September11 Agriculture Control Ecology Enviroment Weeds
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Farmers..."struggle to control crop-choking weeds is being repeated all over America's farmland. An estimated 11 million acres are infested with "super weeds," some of which grow several inches in a day and defy even multiple dousings of the world's top-selling herbicide, Roundup, whose active ingredient is glyphosate."

via scientificamerican.com

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