A tropical plant in the Ord irrigation scheme is the first weed in the world found to have metabolism-based glyphosate resistance.
ABC Rural: Rose GrantResearchers have claimed a world first in herbicide resistance, after discovering a tropical weed in Western Australia's far north that literally eats glyphosate.
But a barnyard grass population in the Ord irrigation scheme is the first weed scientifically proven to be the exception to the rule.
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