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Superweeds have been talked about before, in terms of weeds that are herbicide resistant. Kind of a yawn, really, unless you're a farmer. But a weed that grows
by seeker61 8y ago
Superweeds have been talked about before, in terms of weeds that are herbicide resistant. Kind of a yawn, really, unless you're a farmer.
But a weed that grows 40% faster than anything else out there? That's some scary stuff. (Palmer amaranth, for example)
- jandrese 8y agoKudzu? Anyway, my impression is that most plants bottleneck on water or nutrients before sunlight, so this probably won't make that big of an impact if it gets out in the wild, but it would be a problem on fertilized and irrigated fields.