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Gulf of California is a marine treasure: A week-long boat trip provides close-up views of the species-rich waters off Mexico's Baja peninsula.(Features)(Travel)
The Christian Science Monitor
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September 25, 2002
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Byline: John C. Fine Special to The Christian Science Monitor
LA PAZ, MEXICO -- From the Colorado River delta in the north to the tip of land on the Baja peninsula, where it joins the Pacific Ocean, the waters of the Gulf of California are so rich in microscopic life called plankton that they turn the sea vermilion at times.
Surrounded by desert mountains, 100 islands and pinnacles in the Sea of Cortez (as the Gulf of California is also known) support a variety of animals and plants.
The sea contains a richness of life that lures divers and ...
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Herbicide proposal worries residents.(Government)(Lane County officials say their plan to control plants with chemicals is necessary)
Newspaper article from: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
; ...ability to use non-herbicide methods to control...department didn't use herbicides in 2006 and 2007...Lane County's use of herbicides to battle weeds and...county to sharply reduce herbicide use and adopt a policy...last resort." Some herbicides have been linked with...
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Herbicide applications during periods of drought.(VEGETATION MANAGEMENT)
Magazine article from: Arbor Age
; ...steps that has to occur for herbicides to work. For foliar-applied herbicides, the first step is that the herbicide has to be intercepted by a...drought than water-soluble herbicides. Each herbicide, whether it's an amine...
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Herbicides for sugar beet in Poland.
Magazine article from: Chemistry and Industry
; ...yield. Patterns of herbicide use The use of chemical herbicides in the production...of pre-emergence herbicides to a minimum. The variability in herbicide performance can be...application of some herbicides (eg chloridazon...
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Herbicide-tolerant crops can improve water quality
News Wire article from: The Hindustan Times
; ...for the residual herbicides, as a percentage of the amount of herbicide applied. Averaged...alachlor, residual herbicides it can replace...of the contact herbicide glufosinate (Liberty...reduced by planting herbicide-tolerant varieties...of the residual herbicides with the contact...
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HERBICIDES ARE SAFE AND USEFUL
Newspaper article from: Roanoke Times & World News
; ...wildlife habitat. Herbicide spraying, on the...safer alternative. Herbicides promote wildlife...had no impact on herbicide application or the...When it comes to herbicide application and the herbicides themselves, the...
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Engineering herbicide metabolism in tobacco and Arabidopsis with CYP76B1, a cytchrome P450 enzyme for Jerusalem artichoke
Magazine article from: Plant Physiology
; ...various phenylurea herbicides to yield nonphytotoxic...that increased herbicide metabolism and...major classes of herbicides and their contribution to herbicide selectivity and...metals, ethanol, herbicide safeners, or herbicides themselves...
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Liberty Herbicide Approved For Use In Corn Market
PR Newswire
; ...the environment." Liberty Herbicide is extremely safe on crops...shown no crop damage. Liberty Herbicide may be applied over a wide...that are resistant to current herbicides. Liberty Herbicide does not restrict tillage practices...
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Is tank-mixing herbicides worth it?(FIELD SCIENCE)
Magazine article from: SportsTURF
; ...not tank-mix SU herbicides with the two herbicide families that only...Tank-mixing SU herbicides with other herbicide groups is not as...murkier. Many SU herbicide labels allow for...with broadleaf herbicides, such as 2,4...
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Monsanto Herbicide Could Eventually Lose Effectiveness against Weeds.
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
; ...11.4 percent more herbicide on Roundup Ready fields...treated with conventional herbicides. Extrapolating to...pounds per acre more herbicide on Roundup Ready soybean...treated with conventional herbicides. Higher incidence...consequence of using the herbicide, but more studies...
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Herbicide criticism misses the mark.(Local Opinion)
Newspaper article from: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
; ...s keep the lid on herbicides," John Sundquist...invasive plants with herbicides. Sundquist claimed...endless and unnecessary herbicide use." First it must...eliminate unnecessary herbicide use. Fourth, the...for treatment with herbicides, is listed as one...
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