Giant ragweed resistance (IMAGE)

University of Illinois College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences

Giant ragweed resistance

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From left: Felipe Faleco, University of Wisconsin-Madison, hands a bag of PPO-resistant giant ragweed seeds to Pat Tranel, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. The team identified the first cases of multiple-herbicide-resistant giant ragweed in Wisconsin and the first ever incidence of Group 14-resistance in these weeds.

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Rodrigo Werle, University of Wisconsin-Madison

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