ries@arcturus (Marc Ries) (03/17/89)
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 ...uunet!wiley!trwspp!spp2!ries "PHOTOVOLTAICS: safe/clean Electricity from the SUN"