Question

Superweeds are plants having a high resistance to different herbicides. How do superweeds grow? Do GMOs influence the growth of superweeds? Why or why not?

Answer 1

The weeds which are resistant to Herbicide is known as Superweeds. In early days farmers used many types of pesticides and herbicides to kill the insects, unwanted plants and grasses to protect their plant of interest from the insect. It becomes their habit to spray the insecticide and herbicides due to which the weeds became resistant to that chemical and thus the superweeds grow.

Yes, GMO also influence the growth of superweeds because for the purpose of more yield farmers started using GMOs crop due to which theses GMOs plant passes their engineered tolerances ability to closely related weed growing nearby.