Research explores factors influencing soybean injury by synthetic auxin herbicides

Monday, September 14, 2020 - 11:11 in Health & Medicine

Synthetic auxin products have given growers an important option for managing weed populations resistant to glyphosate and other herbicides. But according to an article featured in the journal Weed Technology, there is one important downside to dicamba, 2,4-D and other synthetic auxins. They often move off-target and can cause severe injury to sensitive plants growing nearby.

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