Summary
Glyphosate applied to a growing crop of potatoes adversely affected the growth of the harvested tubers in the following season. Some effects were produced at 0.018 kg/ha*, equivalent to ca 1 % of a commercial application rate. Symptoms were more severe at higher rates.
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