The difference is: Ta-ta-taa-daaaa ~ I never use insecticides. That way the giant fungus's that live under ground and suck sugar from oak and maple trees in the area are never injured. They continue to pump sugar and water to and fro ~ I don't think they have positive control on the osmotic pressure, but that's what they do.
My trees are green. My weeds are lush. The grass is bolting in the heat.
BTW, Roundup is not the problem ~ it doesn't kill the fungi ~ just certain broadleaf plants that'd take over and leave my lawn in patches of dirt and stuff.
All scientific!
Actually, corn hybrids have become very specialized, adapted to specific conditions. There are definitely drought-resistant hybrids.
Left out of these sky-is-falling stories: a) record high world grain production, and b) ample ground water in much of the Corn Belt (once the leaf canopy is up, plants are much more drought resistant).
Funny, there wasn’t near as much alarm 10-12 years ago when prices were so low farmers got out of the business.
Someone can correct me in this thought, that a problem with some modern hybrid corns is that they are not adapted for this type of thing, great disease resistance, not drought resistant? I like gardening with heirloom seeds and have a tendency to point the finger at modern corn seeds as an example of creating problems rather then the solution. The truth is that nothing is surviving it is so dry even the weeds are dying.””
Ok, you stand corrected, since may of the modern hybrids are in fact, more drought resistant and disease resistant. I have nothing against heirloom seeds—some of them produce excellent fruit, but others readily succumb to many pests and fungi, that today’s hybrids resist. I find that plant scientists have for the most part done a good job. Most heirloom seeds are in fact hybrids themselves, just very old hybrids. The yields on modern hybrids far surpass those of old. Again, there is nothing evil or wrong with plant science.