XemaSab
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Mon Dec-18-06 11:49 PM
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| 12. Ethanol! Syngas! Biomass! |
| -AP: (Roundup)-resistant weed worries farmers |
OKIsItJustMe |
Dec-18-06 10:00 PM |
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gee, what a surprise-- I'm shocked, I tell you.... |
mike_c |
Dec-18-06 10:03 PM |
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but is it a native weed? or an invader? |
index555 |
Dec-19-06 01:26 AM |
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And this is such a novel development, too. There's never been such an adaptation in the history of |
Katzenjammer |
Dec-19-06 05:56 AM |
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No one could have predicted this, right? |
Tesha |
Dec-19-06 06:39 AM |
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I believe the memo was entitled "Herbicides To Select For Resistant Strains" |
hatrack |
Dec-19-06 07:22 PM |
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"Older growing methods that were harsher on the environment??" |
ClassWarrior |
Dec-18-06 10:04 PM |
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Probably chemical crap that's been banned for years. |
babylonsister |
Dec-18-06 10:11 PM |
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DDT is a pesticide |
XemaSab |
Dec-18-06 11:45 PM |
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Thanks, XemaSab. I do remember those trucks being around |
babylonsister |
Dec-19-06 12:15 AM |
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DDT is an insecticide. Herbicides and insecticides are both pesticides. |
yellowcanine |
Dec-19-06 01:34 PM |
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Before Roundup, the answer to the weeds was cultivation |
Robbien |
Dec-18-06 10:33 PM |
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Infamous "cotton chopping" |
XemaSab |
Dec-18-06 11:46 PM |
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older , harsher, chemical crap with long lifetimes |
index555 |
Dec-19-06 01:24 AM |
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Other herbicides and more tillage, I suspect. |
yellowcanine |
Dec-19-06 01:31 PM |
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Atrazine springs to mind |
NickB79 |
Dec-19-06 01:48 PM |
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Where is our modern G. W. Carver to discover a use for this 'weed'? |
soothsayer |
Dec-18-06 10:24 PM |
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Good point; or something non-lethal to get rid of it. nt |
babylonsister |
Dec-18-06 10:33 PM |
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No need for Carver: amaranth is an edible grain |
Gormy Cuss |
Dec-18-06 10:40 PM |
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Amaranth is an amazing plant. |
Neshanic |
Dec-19-06 06:03 AM |
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Yes, hardly a weed in most instances. |
Gormy Cuss |
Dec-19-06 09:53 AM |
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Ethanol! Syngas! Biomass! |
XemaSab |
Dec-18-06 11:49 PM |
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Exactly! |
silverweb |
Dec-19-06 03:46 PM |
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Go Monsanto, going places where no one should. |
uppityperson |
Dec-18-06 10:40 PM |
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Monsanto: bringing the Colour Out of Space to your dinner table |
MisterP |
Dec-19-06 12:54 AM |
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There are other things that Roundup doesn't kill easily |
phaseolus |
Dec-18-06 11:38 PM |
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If aramanth grows so easily in harsh environments, it sounds like a good alcohol crop. |
truthisfreedom |
Dec-18-06 11:54 PM |
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NOBODY could have predicted this |
Canuckistanian |
Dec-19-06 12:17 AM |
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yeah -- what part of "evolution" and "propagule dispersal" ... |
Lisa |
Dec-19-06 05:18 PM |
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Just ask Percy Schmeiser... |
Canuckistanian |
Dec-19-06 05:25 PM |
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this deserves a fifth rec please--n/t |
fed-up |
Dec-19-06 12:24 AM |
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Agriculture is obviously playing a very dangerous game with the Roundup-ready crops... |
ryanmuegge |
Dec-19-06 01:36 AM |
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gosh, are we back to pulling weeds by hand? |
BareNakedLiberal |
Dec-19-06 01:50 AM |
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Yeah , and pay 2-3 times as much for our dinner |
index555 |
Dec-19-06 01:57 AM |
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return to "harsher" methods" ? |
diamidue |
Dec-19-06 04:28 AM |
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One more good reason |
DoYouEverWonder |
Dec-19-06 05:51 AM |
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While I'm no fan of Monsanto... |
sendero |
Dec-19-06 06:33 AM |
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The only issue I have here is the Roundup Ready Cotton |
Lone_Star_Dem |
Dec-19-06 02:06 PM |
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I agree with you.. |
sendero |
Dec-19-06 05:16 PM |
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Start growing hemp! |
tanyev |
Dec-19-06 07:32 AM |
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uh, yeah, that'll happen. Plant adapt & change to survive... |
progressoid |
Dec-19-06 09:57 AM |
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