Crop resistance to herbicides: Effects on soil and water quality

Herbicide-Resistant Crops: Agricultural, Environmental, Economic, Regulatory, and Technical Aspects

Volumn , Issue , 2018, Pages 283-302

  Moorman, Thomas B ^a   Keller, Kyle E ^a  

^a USDA ARS National Laboratory for Agriculture and the Environment   (United States)

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