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Rapid detection and quantification of glyphosate in water using a handheld portable biosensor. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Stroia A, Cheah BC, Patil SB, Annese VF, Spiess R, Busche C, Cumming DRS, Barrett MP, Dheeman DS.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Remaking State Power Through a Paraquat Ban in Malaysia

Journal of Agrarian Change, Volume 26, Issue 4, October 2026.
ABSTRACT This paper examines the role of the state in its ability to enact environmental regulations. Specifically, this study investigates how Malaysian state actors changed, shifted and betrayed various, oftentimes competing interests to ban paraquat, an acutely toxic herbicide.
Caitlyn Sears
wiley   +1 more source

Dairy manure, glyphosate, and antimicrobials (copper, streptomycin, and triazole) modulated the composition of antimicrobial resistance at the gene and microbial levels in a processing tomato field. [PDF]

Microbiol Spectr
Deblais L, Derippe G, Horvat M, Ranjit S, Moulia V, Jimenez Madrid AM, Kauffman M, Rotondo F, Ivey MLL, Miller SA, Rajashekara G.   +10 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Pesticide Supply Chains From China to Australia: Examining Paraquat Amid the Global Pesticide Complex

Journal of Agrarian Change, Volume 26, Issue 4, October 2026.
ABSTRACT Following recent calls to deepen understanding of the Global Pesticide Complex, this article delves into the China‐to‐Australia supply chain of a single herbicide—paraquat. First released in the United Kingdom in the 1960s, acutely toxic paraquat is now primarily produced in China.
Sarah Rogers, Yue Zhao, Sonia Graham, Brooke Wilmsen, Ju‐Han Zoe Wang   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Protecting While Promoting? The Limits of Agroindustry‐Driven Pesticide Safety in Ugandan Smallholder Agriculture

Journal of Agrarian Change, Volume 26, Issue 4, October 2026.
ABSTRACT Pesticide use is expanding rapidly across sub‐Saharan Africa, while regulatory oversight and public protection structures remain weak, leaving smallholder farmers exposed to mounting health and environmental risks. In response, agrochemical industry actors have launched ‘safe use’ initiatives that emphasize training and personal protective ...
Elina Andersson, Ellinor Isgren, Aggrey Atuhaire   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Architecture of Consolidation: Nests of Corporate Control in the Agrochemical Network

Journal of Agrarian Change, Volume 26, Issue 4, October 2026.
ABSTRACT Research on agricultural consolidation tends to equate corporate control with the dominance of a few large firms. We take an alternative approach that examines control through the explosive growth of legally distinct firms that fragment accountability. Using a new global dataset of 6982 entities linked to BASF, Bayer, Corteva, Dow, DuPont, FMC,
Loka Ashwood, Mohammad Khalilian, Andrew Pilny, Mary Hendrickson, Philip H. Howard, Mariyam Jamila   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Pelargonic Acid: From Historical Uses to Future Perspectives in Sustainable Agriculture. [PDF]

J Agric Food Chem
Preisler AC, Campos EVR, Takeshita V, Rodrigues JS, de Freitas ASM, Cintra Cardoso B, Battaglini LD, Fraceto LF.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Knowledge Work as a Condition of Accumulation in the Pesticide Industry: Syngenta's Defence of Paraquat

Journal of Agrarian Change, Volume 26, Issue 4, October 2026.
ABSTRACT What do pesticide companies do to keep their products on the market despite strong societal and scientific critiques of their environmental and health risks? This paper examines the herbicide paraquat, one of the most controversial pesticides, from the early 1960s to the present.
Kees Jansen
wiley   +1 more source

Evaluation of the Biostimulant Activity of the Microalgae <i>Chlorella sorokiniana</i> and <i>Scenedesmus</i> sp. and Their Resistance to the Most Widely Used Agricultural Pesticides. [PDF]

ACS Omega
Rodríguez-Mora K, Villlalta-Romero F, Nuñez-Salazar Y, Ossa A, Montero ML.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The Global Pesticide Complex: Infrastructure, Fragility and Frontiers of Agrarian Change

Journal of Agrarian Change, Volume 26, Issue 4, October 2026.
ABSTRACT Although most pesticides have long been on the market, the political economy surrounding their production, regulation and use has undergone considerable change, spurring renewed interest in the social sciences. The global pesticide complex (GPC) is an analytical device to understand the multidimensional nature of these changes. In this special
Marion Werner, Kees Jansen, Jessie Luna, Nathalie Jas   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source