The word "herbicide" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when referring to any substance used to kill or inhibit the growth of plants, especially weeds. Example sentence: The farmer sprayed herbicide on the field to get rid of the weeds.
The strain of wheat was developed by Monsanto to resist its Roundup herbicide, but the company ended its field trials in 2004.
The report admits there is "no question" that widespread growing of herbicide tolerant crops has led to wider spraying of herbicide chemicals, resulting in the development of resistant super-weeds, and the "likely" reduction in wider biodiversity.
Now 46, he worked the sugar fields for 15 years, where his job was to plant seeds and to spray pesticide, herbicide and fertiliser.
It says, almost in passing: The last crop to benefit from GM technology has been sugarbeet, with a herbicide resistant variety introduced in the USA in 2012, and now accounting for around 95% of the crop grown. From zero to almost everything in two years or less seems like a very short time span to judge the long term impact of this crop.
Opponents of GM might point out that the very point of developing herbicide tolerant plants was so farmers could spray more chemicals.
One biotech hobbyist claims to have created a weed resistant to Roundup, America's most popular herbicide.
A few studies led by an Italian scientist Gilles-Eric Séralini have reported health risks from GM food and animal feed, notably one in 2012 linking a herbicide-tolerant maize to tumours and early death in rats.
UK plans to grow herbicide-tolerant GM crops commercially were abandoned in 2004 following the farm scale evaluations, which showed that blanket spraying with weedkillers destroyed important habitats for birds, butterflies and other wildlife.
Farmers in Brazil wanted to use genetically modified (GM) soyabean seeds that had been engineered by Monsanto to be herbicide-tolerant.
Weeds resistance to glyphosate have become a big problem in GM herbicide-tolerant crops in North and South America, while the cost of GM seeds cuts into farmers' incomes.Georgia Catt Soil Association BristolSIR GMGM crops are the answer for many African farmers.
Instead, the fruit of Monsanto's labours, genetically engineered seeds such as herbicide-resistant soyabeans, have been roundly rejected in Europe and Mr Shapiro has become a hate figure among activists.
