The method invented by Heck is used in herbicide production, the academy said. From Wordnik.com. [2010 Chemistry Nobel Prize Awarded To Richard Heck, Ei-ichi Negishi And Akira Suzuki For Key Chemical Tool] Reference
The poison drinkers are called herbicide tolerant. From Wordnik.com. [Permaculture Research Institute of Australia] Reference
LibertyLink crops have been modified to resist Ignite herbicide, which is effective on glyphosate-resistant weeds. From Wordnik.com. [CattleNetwork] Reference
Three terms used throughout this study need to be defined: "herbicide,". From Wordnik.com. [Operation Ranch Hand]
It is a selective "herbicide" and thus has special importance for cereal farmers. From Wordnik.com. [11. Sorghum: Fuel and Utility Types] Reference
This first generation of transgenics were mostly cash crops, such as herbicide-resistant soybeans and maize. From Wordnik.com. [Crops With Attitude] Reference
Glyphosate is a non-selective systemic herbicide which is absorbed by the foliage and is translocated throughout the plant. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Irrigation began in vineyards, and site prep, such as herbicide spraying, continued. From Wordnik.com. [Western Farm Press RSS Feed] Reference
In the last decade, breeders have also focused on other technologies such as herbicide resistant varieties. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Vinegar can be used as an effective post-emergent herbicide which is ideal to deal with the young weeds in your planting beds. From Wordnik.com. [EzineArticles] Reference
Ditto to the previous writer regarding the two brainless creatures, -note: atrazine is an herbicide, meaning it doesn’t affect fireflies. From Wordnik.com. [New book by Barbara Kingsolver | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D.] Reference
Organic farmers don't really have a herbicide like that. From Wordnik.com. [Is Organically Produced Food More Nutritious?] Reference
A Vietnamese soldier inspects foliage after herbicide treatment. From Wordnik.com. [Operation Ranch Hand]
Agent Orange is an herbicide that was used as a defoliant during the war. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 16, 2004] Reference
A flight engineer operates spray console on a modified C-123; herbicide sortie. From Wordnik.com. [Operation Ranch Hand]
"Even the cattle are going hungry because the herbicide dries out the pasture.". From Wordnik.com. [Into The Breach] Reference
A herbicide-resistant gene from the petunia is now being put into the soybean plant. From Wordnik.com. [Chow Of The Future] Reference
In fact, dioxin is an unintended byproduct of two chemicals used to make the herbicide. From Wordnik.com. [MAIL CALL] Reference
Bags of fertilizer can be put on display, as can vials of penicillin, and jars of herbicide. From Wordnik.com. [Agricultural Implements and Machines in the Collection of the National Museum of History and Technology Smithsonian Studies in History and Technology, No. 17] Reference
Monsanto is also developing herbicide-resistant plants, specifically Roundup-resistant plants. From Wordnik.com. [A Mystery In Your Lunchbox] Reference
They were doused in weedkiller and “RSPB” etched in nine-foot letters on the lawn with herbicide. From Wordnik.com. [Death of a Dentist]
In August of that year, the South Vietnamese Air Force initiated herbicide operations with American help. From Wordnik.com. [Operation Ranch Hand]
The great variety of vegetation found in Vietnam includes species never treated in previous herbicide tests. From Wordnik.com. [Operation Ranch Hand]
During the spray run, he kept the airspeed at 130 knots to achieve the planned herbicide application rate. 35. From Wordnik.com. [Operation Ranch Hand]
They strongly recommended modifying the spray equipment to increase the amount of herbicide delivered per acre. From Wordnik.com. [Operation Ranch Hand]
President Ngo Dinh Diem of South Vietnam asked the United states to conduct aerial herbicide spraying in his country. From Wordnik.com. [Operation Ranch Hand]
An Air Force photographer records effects of defoliation; a Vietnamese soldier inspects foliage after herbicide treatment. From Wordnik.com. [Operation Ranch Hand]
Dioxin is also the primary poison used in Agent Orange, the deadly herbicide used by American troops during the Vietnam War. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 12, 2004] Reference
The author rightly emphasizes that the Air Force served as an instrument of national policy in conducting the herbicide spraying. From Wordnik.com. [Operation Ranch Hand]
The pilot had control of the switches which started and stopped the spray and which dumped the load of herbicide in an emergency. From Wordnik.com. [Operation Ranch Hand]
In total, he nominated six targets totaling 15,486 acres for spraying, an effort which would consume 46,458 gallons of herbicide. From Wordnik.com. [Operation Ranch Hand]
They also said that retreatment, approximately on an annual basis, would be necessary with purple herbicide to maintain the effect. From Wordnik.com. [Operation Ranch Hand]
Brown, later involved in the earliest stage of the herbicide program in South Vietnam, to Camp Drum to assist in solving the problem. From Wordnik.com. [Operation Ranch Hand]
In all, these February operations took 12 sorties, used 154 drums of purple herbicide (about 8,470 gallons), and covered 7,800 acres. From Wordnik.com. [Operation Ranch Hand]
MACV recommended that two spray-equipped Ranch Hand aircraft should stay in Vietnam to continue herbicide operations in mangrove areas. From Wordnik.com. [Operation Ranch Hand]
The vapors from the herbicide had killed the vegetation around their parking area, including two large flame trees next to their hangar. From Wordnik.com. [Operation Ranch Hand]
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