[checker]

Wow that's incredibly depressing. Yeah glyphosate kills weeds by inducing unsustainable growth and forcing the plant to overextend itself and die as a result. So it makes sense that if you apply it to a crop you're going to harvest anyway you'll get a bit more yield out of it.

I guess tech+ban is the only way to go, unless we're okay forcing ourselves to play the cancer lottery with worse odds.

[maxerickson]

2,4-D is the widely used growth accelerator.

Glyphosate blocks the action of an enzyme that is necessary for plants to grow.

Crops are frequently sprayed with desiccants to speed harvest once they are mature. Glyphosate is used that way.

[checker]

I got them mixed up, thanks for the correction.