Herbicide
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herbicide-188-421400
title:
Herbicide
text:
Herbicides, also commonly known as weed killers, are substances used to control undesired plants, also known as weeds. Selective herbicides control specific weed species while leaving the desired crop relatively unharmed, while non-selective herbicides kill plants indiscriminately. The combined effects of herbicides, nitrogen fertilizer, and improved cultivars has increased yields of major crops by 3x to 6x from 1900 to 2000. In the United States in 2012, about 91% of all herbicide usage, determ
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Type of chemical used to kill unwanted plants
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbicide
date created:
2002-05-28T10:33:49Z
date modified:
2024-09-09T05:21:54Z
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