Pegging a troublesome change in hydrilla: mutation seems to cause recently found resistance to a key herbicide. From: Agricultural Research | Date: November 1, 2005| Author: Pons, Luis | COPYRIGHT 2005 U.S. Government Printing Office. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

The invasive plant known as hydrilla, Hydrilla verticillata, is sometimes called the perfect aquatic wee because of its reproductive adaptability. Since its introduction into the United States from Southeast Asia in the 1950s near Tampa, Florida, hydrilla has clogged waterways throughout the southeastern United States. It has even found its way to the nation's Pacific coast.

Now it appears that some hydrilla is becoming resistant to the herbicide that has been most effec...

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