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This 2017 study says that herbicide use has been increasing overall, also on non-GMO crops such as wheat and rice. And that the increase rate in GMO crops (corn
by sampo 9y ago
This 2017 study says that herbicide use has been increasing overall, also on non-GMO crops such as wheat and rice. And that the increase rate in GMO crops (corn, soy, cotton) is no faster than in non-GMO crops.
http://weedcontrolfreaks.com/2017/04/gmos-and-herbicides-its-complicated/ http://weedcontrolfreaks.com/2017/04/gmos-and-herbicides-its...
- SlowBro 9y agoApparently the answer is not settled on that yet. http://advances.sciencemag.org/content/2/8/e1600850 http://advances.sciencemag.org/content/2/8/e1600850 https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2016/09/01/492091546/how-gmos-cut-the-use-of-pesticides-and-perhaps-boosted-them-again https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2016/09/01/492091546/ho...