Journal or Publishing Institution: Advances in Plants & Agriculture Research
Author(s): Kremer, R.J.
Article Type: Journal Publication
Record ID: 1288
Text: Glyphosate [N (phosphonomethyl)glycine], the active ingredient of formulated herbicides including Roundup and others, is the most widely used herbicide compound in the world for vegetation management in agricultural, urban/suburban, aquatic, publically-held, and recreational ecosystems. The herbicide became very popular for non-selective weed management used in burndown or knockdown applications in field preparation prior to implementing conservation tillage systems, including no- or zero-tillage practices, that were initiated as alternatives to intensive tillage methods of moldboard plowing and disking in the late 197o’s. As agriculture shifted towards large-scale production of commodity crops on wide expanses of land, major crops were genetically engineered (GE) to resist the herbicidal action of glyphosate so that weed management could be streamlined by using only one herbicide to control all weed species present in fields thereby simplifying production practices for large-scale crop production systems…
Keywords: Glyphosate; Aminomethylphosphonic Acid (AMPA); Soil Microbial Diversity; Residues; Phytotoxicity; Genetically Engineered (GE) Crops
Citation: Kremer, R.J., 2017. Soil and environmental health after twenty years of intensive use of glyphosate. Advances in Plants & Agriculture Research, 6(5), p.00224.
