Glyphosate: Discovery, Development, Applications, and Properties

Glyphosate Resistance in Crops and Weeds: History, Development, and Management

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 1-33

  Dill, Gerald M ^a   Sammons, R Douglas ^a   Feng, Paul C C ^a   Kohn, Frank ^a   Kretzmer, Keith ^a   Mehrsheikh, Akbar ^a   Bleeke, Marion ^a   Honegger, Joy L ^a   Farmer, Donna ^a   Wright, Dan ^a   Haupfear, Eric A ^a  

^a MONSANTO COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Glyphosate effect on nontarget organisms; Glyphosate toxicology and applicator exposure; Glyphosate, discovery, development, applications and glyphosate uptake and translocation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856991349     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470634394.ch1     Document Type: Chapter

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