The same but different: What makes sugar 7Sdh a better herbicide?

Microbiologist and discoverer Prof. Dr. Karl Forchhammer believes, that this sugar has clear ecological advantages over glyphosate. In an interview with Rebecca Debo

The sugar 7-deoxy-sedoheptulose (7dSh) is produced by cyanobacteria and inhibits the same metabolic pathway as the broad-spectrum herbicide glyphosate, thus…

Full text: https://www.biooekonomie-bw.de/en/articles/news/The-same-but-different-what-makes-sugar-7Sdh-a-better-herbicide

Author

Rebecca Debo

Source

BioPRO Baden-Württemberg, 2020-12-10.

Supplier

Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF)
Universität Tübingen

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