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Originally Posted by SwampYankee
Scotts already ran into some issues with their Roundup Ready bentgrass for golf course use. If the weeds, and other grasses, start showing resistance (not unlike bacteria in the medical field) and you suddenly don't have a means of controlling them then you can have some real big problems. Figure 7+ years for new pesticide technology to make it to the EPA level for testing and registration and then it's on to the individual states for the same. And precede that by years of research and millions of dollars. If they're lucky the chemical companies can get a product from concept to the market in less than 10 years. Even if it's fast-tracked in half, 5 years of growing unchecked is a precariously long period.
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Roundup Ready means what...exactly? That if YOU use RU on your turf, then anything RUR will grow where RU was used and nothing else? Sorta' like planting grass that is RU-proof in an area already cleared w/RU?