A Fungus to Kill Marijuana Has Environmentalists Wary.

Authors :: Bragg, Rick
Source :: New York Times. 07/27/99, Vol. 148 Issue 51596, pA1. 0p. 1 Black and White Photograph.
Publication Year :: 1999
Abstract: Discusses Florida drug enforcement officials' interest in use of a soil-borne fungus called Fusarium oxysporum in efforts to eradicate marijuana. Plans for testing the bioherbicide; Concerns expressed by Secretary of the Florida Department of Environmental Protection David Struhs; Risks of mutagenicity; Adverse effects of United States use of soil fungus to destroy coca plants in the Upper Huallaga Valley of Peru.