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Glyphosate resistant marestail growing in leaps and bounds

Glyphosate resistant marestail growing in leaps and bounds marestail, the glyphosate-resistant weed, continues to spread in the us. So far, it has claimed about one million hectares (ha) in about 12 states and recently, scientists of the University of Nebraska at Lincoln, announced the presence of marestail in Nebraska.

Glyphosate is a non-selective herbicide used on many food and non-food crops, which means it can be used on all kinds of weeds. Pitched as the