> Hello to all,
> I just finished reading a New Scientist article (which can be accessed
> at http://www.newscientist.com/ns/19991120/newsstory4.html)
> which presents that "the bacterial enzyme that imparts resistance to
> glyphosate (in soybeans) affects a major metabolic pathway in the plant
> has the side effect of sending lignin production "into overdrive".
> The article suggests that as a result of elevated lignin content or
> possibly other unintentional structural changes, glyphosate resistant
> soybean plants are more brittle and prone to structural damage when
> subjected to heat stress than non resistant beans.
>
> BTW the article mentions that the problem is most extreme when soil temps
> reach 40 and 50 C... It is hard for me to imagine that soil temps could
> get anywhere close to this hot under a transpiring soybean canopy...
> or that any plant (GM or non GM) could function at such temperatures.
>
> Does anyone have any comments on
> this ?
>
> Joel Gruver
> Center for Agriculture, Food and Environment
> Tufts University
>
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