Glyphosate-resistant marestail confirmed in Nebraska

From the UNL report:

University of Nebraska-Lincoln researchers have confirmed the first glyphosate-resistant weed species in Nebraska—marestail, also know as horseweed.

Prior to the introduction of glyphosate-tolerant crops only a few weed species (eg. ryegrass and goosegrass) had developed resistance to glyphosate worldwide. However, the number of glyphosate-resistant weeds tripled in just over eight years of repeated glyphosate use over a large land …Current examples of glyphosate-resistant weeds in the United States include: waterhemp, lambsquarters, giant ragweed, common ragweed, palmer amaranth and marestail (horseweed).

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