Ambiente - Salute - Diritti Umani - Nutrizione - Agricoltura

Weed scientists from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) have completed evaluations on samples of kochia (Kochia scoparia) collected from three fields in Southern Alberta last August and have confirmed the first case of a glyphosate-resistant weed in Western Canada.
Two weed species in Canada were previously confirmed as resistant – all found in southwestern Ontario. Giant ragweed was confirmed in 2009 and Canada fleabane was confirmed in 2011. Glyphosate-resistant kochia populations have previously been confirmed in Kansas, Colorado and Nebraska.  There are also suspected cases being investigated in North and South Dakota and Montana.  (...)

The article:
http://www.monsanto.ca/newsviews/Pages/NR-01-11-2012.aspx

Sull'argomento:
http://agronotizie.imagelinenetwork.com/normativa/2012/01/26/biotecnologie-agrofarmaci-e-biomasse-ancora-nubi-all-orizzonte-14751.cfm

http://agronotizie.imagelinenetwork.com/normativa/2012/02/02/ogm-in-fuga-dall-europa-anche-monsanto-fa-un-passo-indietro-14793.cfm

http://www.fondazionedirittigenetici.org/news/659/ambiente-usa-inefficace-il-mais-ogm-della-monsanto

Sulla resistenza al glifosato:

http://www.fondazionedirittigenetici.org/news/649/ambiente-usa-gli-ogm-aumentano-luso-del-glifosato-

Passato...prossimo:
https://www.fabiomanzione.it/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1922:la-mauvaise-graine-de-monsanto&catid=117:agricoltura&Itemid=103