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The long-term challenge will be making sure growers use a mixed-bag approach to reduce the likelihood that weeds will eventually mutate their way toward being able to feast on phosphite.
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Lynn Brezosky, San Antonio Express-News, 5 July 2018
The ptxD gene that allows absorption of phosphite was first isolated by William Metcalf of the University of Illinois.
—Lynn Brezosky, San Antonio Express-News, 5 July 2018
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Lynn Brezosky, San Antonio Express-News, 5 July 2018
The ptxD gene that allows absorption of phosphite was first isolated by William Metcalf of the University of Illinois.
—Lynn Brezosky, San Antonio Express-News, 5 July 2018
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“Phosphite.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/phosphite. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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phosphite
noun
phos·phite
-ˌfīt 
: a salt or ester of phosphorous acid
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