Herbicide-resistant grape could revitalize Midwest wine industry

Tuesday, October 14, 2008 - 16:07 in Health & Medicine

An herbicide that is effective at killing broadleaf weeds in corn, but also annihilated most of the grapes in Illinois and other Midwestern states, may finally have a worthy contender. Researchers at the University of Illinois have developed a new grape called Improved Chancellor which is resistant to the popular herbicide 2, 4-D.

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