Herbicide-resistant grape could revitalise Midwest wine industry
Wednesday, October 15, 2008 - 08:28
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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