Rice (Oryza sativa L.) is one of the most important crops in the world, and it is considered the primary source of nutritional layout in developing countries in Asia. The glutathione S-transferases ...

Pesticide usage is increasing worldwide in various sectors of agriculture, horticulture and forestry. Since agriculture is covering almost 50% of the terrestrial ice-free surface of our planet, ...

Princess Beatrice helped advise Sarah Ferguson on how to publicly backtrack when the former Duchess of York upset Jeffrey Epstein by calling him a [child predator], her mother said in an email. Ms ...

FEARS raised after a Queensland council mixes a chemical brew made from an ingredient used in Agent Orange and sprays it at beaches. The council is under fire for using the herbicide 2,4-D _ one half ...

Spring should be here soon, so pay attention to the weather if you have a lawn service that applies broadleaf herbicides. If you have mature trees (especially oaks) and the weather this spring starts ...

A compound designed and synthesised by researchers in Australia can stop an invasive plant known as rubber vine from growing for six weeks. The work sheds new light on the little-studied process of ...

Maximum residue limits (MRLs) Footnote 1 are being proposed for the pesticide metsulfuron-methyl, as part of the following application for Canadian use, under submission number 2022-6457. The ...

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Linseed growers have another post-emergence herbicide option, following the approval of a key sulfonyl urea herbicide that is highly active against a wide range of broad-leaved weeds. Since the loss ...

A new herbicide has been given the green light by authorities for growers to use post emergence weed control for linseed. Laya, manufactured by Life Scientific, is used for spring-applied broad-leaved ...

A maximum residue limit (MRL) Footnote 1 is being proposed for the pesticide metsulfuron-methyl, as part of the following application for Canadian use, under submission number 2022-2090. Under the ...

Garden columnist Dan Gill answers readers' questions each week. To send a question, email Gill at dgill@agcenter.lsu.edu. I have a terrible weed problem in my backyard. The dollarweed is really bad, ...