Roundup Ready Crops Resistance Carry Over

By: Jayshon Adams

Intro

Roundup ready plants are plants specifically resistant to the herbicide known as glyphosate. Glyphosate is a herbicide made for broad-leaf weeds. It is the most commonly used herbicide on a global scale since it has the lowest level of toxicity. Due to glyphosates mode of action this herbicide only works on actively growing plants and has no effect on pre-emergent plants. Glyphosate has similar modes of actions to herbicides such Axxe. Axxe could be an alternative for glyphosate.

Background Info.
Glyphosate

is the most used, broad spectrum herbicide Axxe is a commonly used, broad spectrum herbicide 90% of all soybeans grown in the U.S. are roundup

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Materials

Procedures

Procedures cont.

Results cont.

AXXE caused the plants to start dying Plants with glyphosate grew faster Pre-emergence appliance worked best with glyphosate with an almost 100% growth ratio Even though the plants with glyphosate appliance grew initially, they started to lose health They ended off with brown, weakened stems, that hunched over

Results
Post- Emergence Appliance
16 14

Average height in centimeters

12

10

Glyphosate Axxe Control

0 Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4

Results cont.
Pre- Emergence Appliance
9 8

Average height in centimeters

7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4

Glyph.
axxe Control

Conclusion

The point of this project was to see carry over resistance affects on the growth and health rates of roundup plants. The original hypothesis was rejected with the Axxe having more damage done to the plant then positive. The projects original goal was not accomplished, seeing as the Axxe herbicide did not have much carry over resistance with the soybeans. The Axxe ended up not having carried over resistance.

Acknowledgments
I

would like to acknowledge Mr. Hendrix for giving me the idea of this project and being my research teacher. I would like to thank my mother for providing any money used to purchase materials for the project.

Accomplishments
I

am currently on the robotics and Engineering team. I am also in Jazz Band and am the second chair bassoon of the Wind Ensemble Band group. I was also part of the Rockdale County Marching Band Band.