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Agricultural Research Service: Genetic Sleuthing Reveals New Weakness in Corn's Herbicide Armor
January 09, 2024
WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 (TNSjou) -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service issued the following news release on Jan. 8, 2024:

A team of Agricultural Research Service (ARS), university and industry scientists has spotted a new genetic vulnerability to tolpyralate herbicide in 49 varieties of corn, marking the first report of the weed control posing a danger to the staple crop.

The finding, reported in the December issue of Pest Management Scie . . .

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