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Originally Posted by The Fonz
Are you implying that without the introduction of RR crops, we wouldn't have glyphosate resistant weeds today?
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I'm not implying anything. The articles that Bagor posted, as well as a couple that I posted both pointed out that the introduction of RR crops led to the rise of the superweeds.
It is not MY claim. Is the the claim of someone who had done research that led him to that conclusion.
Your sales numbers do not refute this claim, even if you think they do. Strange that you think sales numbers from a Western Canadian chemical dealer are a way to disprove the research that was done in the US and other countries.
I will post the research again in case you missed it.
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Conclusions: Contrary to often-repeated claims that todays genetically-engineered crops have, and are reducing pesticide use, the spread of glyphosate-resistant weeds in herbicide-resistant weed management systems has brought about substantial increases in the number and volume of herbicides applied. If new genetically engineered forms of corn and soybeans tolerant of 2,4-D are approved, the volume of 2,4-D sprayed could drive herbicide usage upward by another approximate 50%. The magnitude of increases in herbicide use on herbicide-resistant hectares has dwarfed the reduction in insecticide use on Bt crops over the past 16 years, and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future.
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