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appalachiablue

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2. 4-2D takes out the unwanted broadleafs but not the grasses, correct?

Reply to Botany (Reply #1)

Tue Mar 5, 2019, 11:44 PM

Mar 2019

When did M. start using Roundup on GMO seeds/food crops- corn, soybeans, oats, etc.? (Mostly interested in commercial Baby formula).

I've read that RU was developed in the 1970s, used as an herbicide by mid 1980s, and in food crops? by mid 1990s.

Are you saying that we need 'toxins' like RU to stop non- native species from threatening our beneficial and native systems and ecology? I'm not following.

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Round up for lawns is not glyphosate but 2-4D Botany Mar 2019 #1

4-2D takes out the unwanted broadleafs but not the grasses, correct? appalachiablue Mar 2019 #2

Yes Botany Mar 2019 #3