Joshua Siskin writes about a biotechnological solution to weed control that could at long last solve our problem with weeds.
There is a biotechnological solution to weed control being introduced that could at long last solve our problem with weeds, writes Joshua Siskin. has apparently run its course. The problem is that, until now, every pesticide application program for weed control has failed. This failure is expressed in the resistance of weed species to the chemicals meant to eliminate them.suddenly appear that have developed resistance to the pesticides in question.
But now a biotechnological solution to weed control has been introduced that could at long last solve our problem with weeds. It has been shown that weed pollen subjected to gamma rays – when applied to the same species’ female flower parts – produces sterile seeds. Most of the work up until now has been done on Palmer amaranth, which is a major weed in cotton and soybean fields. A single Palmer amaranth weed growing in a cultivated field may produce between 10,000 and 60,000 viable seeds.
From weed control to insect control, a solution utilizing parasitic nematodes has proven itself as an effective remedy for fungus gnats, the most pesky indoor plant pest. Nematodes are not true worms but are sometimes referred to as roundworms because of their curved, roundish bodies. There are estimated to be one million nematode species with 15% of them parasites of animals or plants.
A Daily Breeze reader informed me of an innovation in the world of horticulture that brightened my day and may soon brighten my night as well. It’s the introduction of a plant that glows in the dark. To be precise, it’s a bioluminescent petunia with white flowers that goes by the name of ‘Firefly.’ The name appears to be an ode to the first bioluminescent plant that was engineered in 1986.
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