Nature Communications (Aug 2019)

Plant circadian rhythms regulate the effectiveness of a glyphosate-based herbicide

  • Fiona E. Belbin,
  • Gavin J. Hall,
  • Amelia B. Jackson,
  • Florence E. Schanschieff,
  • George Archibald,
  • Carl Formstone,
  • Antony N. Dodd

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-11709-5
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Glyphosate is the world’s most widely-used herbicide. Here, Belbin et al. show that plant responses to glyphosate, and therefore herbicide activity, depend on plant circadian rhythms suggesting that considering the time-of-day of application could lead to more efficient agrochemical use.