"Transgenic treadmill": Responses to the emergence and spread of glyphosate-resistant johnsongrass in Argentina

Geoforum

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 623-633

  Binimelis, Rosa ^a   Pengue, Walter ^b   Monterroso, Iliana ^c  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^c FLACSO ^*  (Guatemala)

Author keywords

Argentina; Economics of bioinvasions; Genetically modified soybean; Glyphosate resistant weeds; Herbicide treadmill; Sorghum halepense; Transgenic treadmill

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISM; GLYPHOSATE; PESTICIDE RESISTANCE; SOYBEAN; WEED CONTROL;

ARGENTINA; SOUTH AMERICA;

GLYCINE MAX; SORGHUM HALEPENSE;

EID: 67650125590     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2009.03.009     Document Type: Article

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