Saving Roundup Ready® Soybean Seed

Authors

Cory Walters, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
Stephen C. Mason, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow

Date of this Version

2-17-2016

Document Type

Article

Citation

Cornhusker Economics, February 17, 2016, agecon.unl.edu/cornhuskereconomics

Comments

Copyright 2016 University of Nebraska.

Abstract

Development of glyphosate resistant transgenes started in the early 1980s and was commercially introduced in soybean varieties in 1996 as Roundup Ready?(hereafter referred to as RR1) (SourceWatch, 2012). Producers perceived that the more effective, easier, and less expensive weed control associated with these varieties outweighed the economic loss from lower yields (Gurian-Sherman, 2009). In 2008, the Roundup Ready 2 Yield varieties were commercialized as Genuity?Roundup Ready 2 Yield?(hereafter referred to as RR2Y) in 2010 (SourceWatch, 2012). RR2Y soybean varieties have been rapidly replacing the RR1 varieties in the marketplace.