Superweeds:
Finally, I thought I'd close this post by commenting on the term "superweeds" that is commonly used in the media when discussing herbicide resistant weeds. I would argue that this is really an inaccurate way to describe (or sensationalize) the problem with herbicide resistant weeds. For the most part, herbicide resistant weed biotypes are no more competitive, reproductively fit, ecologically damaging etc than their susceptible counterparts. Of course they can be economically damaging where they are allowed to reach epidemic proportions but no more so than an uncontrolled suscepetible population would be. Effective weed management based on field scouting and an understanding of selection pressure and weed biology can be used to reduce the impacts of resistant weeds.
说的很清楚了，superweeds就是对herbicide resistant weeds的更吸引眼球的说法。
