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we've figured out the mechanism of glyphosate resistance, and it's pretty surprising http://www.agupdate.com/news/crop/researchers-unlock-key-to-weed-resistance-to-glyphosate/article_8f5b3eca-2c37-11e8-a7bd-6339d0530dfa.html
@whitequark is this saying that they're resistant because they just have a shitload of EPSP synthase so inhibition is inadequate?
cos that's pretty funny given that we apparently have GE crops that are instead resistant by using a different enzyme structure
@mnxmnkmnd yes! I found it very entertaining
@whitequark <Monsanto scientist> after extensive trial and error we've located a mutated enzyme in a bacterial strain, which-
<a dandelion, extremely baked> what if we just... fuckin... drowned ourselves in this shit, man