Why have no new herbicide modes of action appeared in recent years?

Pest Management Science

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 505-512

  Duke, Stephen O ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Glyphosate; Herbicide; Mode of action; Resistance

Indexed keywords

HERBICIDE;

CHEMISTRY; DRUG DEVELOPMENT; DRUG EFFECT; HERBICIDE RESISTANCE; NOTE; PHYSIOLOGY; QUANTITATIVE STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; WEED;

DRUG DISCOVERY; HERBICIDE RESISTANCE; HERBICIDES; PLANT WEEDS; QUANTITATIVE STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 84858055012     PISSN: 1526498X     EISSN: 15264998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ps.2333     Document Type: Note

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