Guest guest Posted January 20, 2011 Report Share Posted January 20, 2011 Glyphosate kills weeds by tying up essential nutrients needed to keep plant defenses active. Glyphosate doesn't kill weeds directly but shuts down their defense mechanisms so pathogens in the soil can mobilize and kill the weeds. Glyphosate completely weakens the plant, making it susceptible to soil borne fungal pathogens. That is one reason why we see an increase in plant diseases. Glyphosate causes plants to be more susceptible and greatly stimulates the virulence of pathogens that kill plants. How many plant diseases are linked to glyphosate? DH: There has been a general increase in the number of plant diseases in the last 15 to 18 years. There are four primary soil fungi-Fusarium, Phythium, Rhizoctonia, and Phytophthora- that become more active with the use of glyphosate. There has been an increase in take-all, Fusarium diseases, such as head scab, Gibberella (Fusarium) in corn, Pythium, Corynespora or root rot in soybeans, crown rot in sugar beets, and bacterial and fungal diseases. Fusarium head blight (which affects cereal crops) is a disease that produces a mycotoxin that could enter the food chain. There are more than 40 diseases reported with use of glyphosate, and that number keeps growing as people recognize the association (between glyphosate and disease). http://organicconsumers.org/articles/article_21039.cfm God Bless !! dragonflymcs Mayleen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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