ASK AN EXPERT-CAN HERBICIDE AFFECT WEED SEED DORMANCY AND VIABILITY?

摘要

FARMERS have been reporting that several weed species, seem to be emerging later than usual - evading pre-emergent herbicides - allowing them to establish in-crop. This apparent shift in emergence has also caused weeds researchers some trouble when they conduct herbicide resistance testing and find that seed from some populations has greater germination than others.