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To cut herbicide resistance, lasers could remove weeds from agricultural fields.

Left to right: 1. Farmer Friedel Könecke from Isernhagen makes his wheat field available for testing the laser weed control, here with LZH project manager Dr. Merve Wollweber. 2. Assessing soil properties of the agricultural areas. 3. To reduce herbicide resistances, lasers could destroy weeds in agricultural fields. 4. Artist's impression of automated laser weed control vehicle. All images: LZH.

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