Mycoherbicide
A mycoherbicide is a herbicide based on a fungus. As a biological agent, these `mycoherbicides . . . work by producing toxic compounds that dissolve the cell walls of targeted plants. Unlike traditional herbicides, mycoherbicides can reproduce themselves and linger in the soil for many years to destroy replanted crops.[1]
Commercial weed control products
These include:
- Phytophthora palmivora: isolated from strangler vine (Morrenia odorata)
- Colletotrichum gloeosporioides f. sp. aeschynomene: isolated from Northern joint vetch (Aeschynomene virginica) for rice & soybeans
- Cylindrobasidium laeve to control Acacia mearnsii (black wattle) in S. Africa
- Chondosterum purpureum to target Prunus & Populus spp. in parts of Europe and Canada
Drug plants
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. In the United States House of Representatives, the Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 2006 (H.R. 2829) passed with the inclusion of language to initiate research into the use of mycoherbicides against drug crops in foreign countries. In particular, the U.S. is considering using Fusarium oxysporum as a mycoherbicide against coca plants in Colombia.[citation needed] The United States Senate is currently drafting its own version of the bill.[needs update][citation needed]
See also
References
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External links
- Fact Sheet on Mycoherbicide Cooperation - Center for International Policy[dead link]
- Wired article about mycoherbicide use against coca plants
- Drug Control or Biowarfare? About mycoherbicide use against coca plants in Colombia
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