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Glyphosate uptake, translocation, resistance emergence in crops, analytical monitoring, toxicity and degradation: a review

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The herbicide glyphosate is widely used to control weeds in grain crops. The overuse of glyphosate has induced issues such as contamination of surface water, decreased soils fertility, adverse effects on soil microbiota and possible incorporation in food chains. Here we review biochemical, agricultural, microbiological and analytical aspects of glyphosate. We discuss uptake, translocation, toxicity, degradation, complexation behaviour, analytical monitoring techniques and resistance emergence in crops. We provide data of glyphosate toxicity on different ecosystems. Experiments reveal that excessive glyphosate use induces stress on crops and on non-target plants, and is toxic for mammalians, microorganisms and invertebrates. The long half-life period of glyphosate and its metabolites under different environmental conditions is a major concern. Development of analytical methods for the detection of glyphosate is important because glyphosate has no chromophoric or fluorophoric groups.

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Authors are profoundly grateful to the Head of School, School of Bioengineering and Biosciences, Lovely Professional University, for providing necessary research facilities.

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Singh, S., Kumar, V., Datta, S. et al. Glyphosate uptake, translocation, resistance emergence in crops, analytical monitoring, toxicity and degradation: a review. Environ Chem Lett 18, 663–702 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10311-020-00969-z

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