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2008-12-05 | permalink
Monsanto claims that Roundup Ready 2 Yield produces a 7-11% superior yield than the original Roundup Ready, which ought to be rather surprising since herbicide resistance is not a yield trait. But the answer is in fact simple: Roundup Ready 2 Yield is an admission that the original Roundup Ready had a major yield drag, one of several unanticipated consequences of this insertion event.
2008-12-05 | permalink
Monsanto claims that Roundup Ready 2 Yield produces a 7-11% superior yield than the original Roundup Ready, which ought to be rather surprising since herbicide resistance is not a yield trait. But the answer is in fact simple: Roundup Ready 2 Yield is an admission that the original Roundup Ready had a major yield drag, one of several unanticipated consequences of this insertion event.
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