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Old 08-09-2003, 04:04 AM
Tom Jaszewski
 
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Default Soil biology - Impacts of pesticides and cropping on the resource

"Glyphosate attacks some vital steps in the chemical defense system of
plants, reducing their ability to control root-infecting fungi.
Rampaging fungi hasten the death of the plant, and may in part explain
why it has taken so long for weeds to develop resistance to this
herbicide. "

http://www.grdc.com.au/growers/res_u...il_biology.htm