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From: ries@arcturus (Marc Ries)
Newsgroups: sci.bio
Subject: Re: Roundup
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Date: 16 Mar 89 16:54:29 GMT
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In article <20800006@m.cs.uiuc.edu> wsmith@m.cs.uiuc.edu writes:
>
>How does the herbicide Roundup work?
>
   As   simply  as  possible,  Roundup  is  like  a  "super"
   fertilizer.   The  plant  cells  (particularly  the  root
   cells) are induced to grow so fast that  their  membranes
   rupture.    Ruptured   cells   no   longer   can   intake
   water/provide food -- the plants dies from  the  lack  of
   water/nutrients.   This  is  basically why they (Roundup)
   say:

   + The plant(s) should be growing well to begin with
     
   + You should continue to feed and water the plant

   + It usually takes about two weeks to completely kill the
     plant

   + The WHOLE plant dies, from the roots up.

     Marc Ries
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