What is herbicide tolerant crops in ecological, Biology

Assignment Help:

Herbicide tolerant crops (HTC)

Increased use of the herbicides plant is tolerant to (describes ecological impact eg toxic residues in soil, runoff into waterways)
There may also be a decrease in use of other herbicides (benefit to environment eg more diversity of plants)
Weed resistance may lead to increase in use of other more toxic herbicides (describes ecological impact)
HTC plants could become weeds in subsequent crops as they become more difficult to eradicate
less competition for the crop plant as the farmer can spray herbicide at anytime over crop

Related Discussions:- What is herbicide tolerant crops in ecological

What do you mean by osseous cavity, Q. What is the osseous cavity where the...

Q. What is the osseous cavity where the pituitary gland is located? The hypophysis or pituitary gland is located in the sella turcica of the sphenoid bone (one of the bones in

What are organic compounds in the cytoplasm, High salt concentrations can b...

High salt concentrations can be toxic to plants as they have the potential to disrupt essential cell functions. Yet many halophytes sequester high amount of salt in their vacuoles,

What are the four types of weak bonds, What are the four types of weak bond...

What are the four types of weak bonds, and how do they differ from each other and from covalent bonds?

Explain the concept of selective breeding, Explain the concept of selec...

Explain the concept of selective breeding a) Understood the concept of selective breeding and/or were able to use their Knowledge of Mendelian genetics to e

Explain spray-drying method, Spray-drying method Spray-drying is the co...

Spray-drying method Spray-drying is the common drying method in the production of ISP. The primary physical form of ISP in commerce, is that of fine powders. Structured form

How artificial sweeteners are available as sugar substitute, How the artifi...

How the artificial sweeteners are available as sugar substitute? Some of these are available as tablets, as sugar substitute and others appear as ingredients in many food produ

Describe the phylum chordata in animal kingdom, Describe the Phylum Chordat...

Describe the Phylum Chordata in animal kingdom? This is the other group of animals along with the Echinodermata whose anus develops prior to the mouth's development in the embr

Potassium, Potassium, Calcium, Iron and Magnesium - Microorganism? Thes...

Potassium, Calcium, Iron and Magnesium - Microorganism? These are supplied by inorganic salts and exist in the cell as cations. These perform various functions in the cell like

Explain about the vascular tissues, Is transportation of gases in tracheoph...

Is transportation of gases in tracheophytes made through the vascular tissues? Carbon dioxide and oxygen are not transported by the xylem or phloem. These gases reach the cells

Protazoa, In what order did the four phyla of protazoa evolve and why in th...

In what order did the four phyla of protazoa evolve and why in this order?

Write Your Message!

Name

Email id

Message

Verfication Code

User Account

All Pages