Ecocycles 2(2): 1-8 (2016) ISSN 2416-2140 DOI: 10.19040/ecocycles.v2i2.60 EDITORIAL On glyphosate Tamas Komives1 * and Peter Schröder2 1Plant Protection Institute, Centre for Agricultural Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Herman Otto 15, 1022 Budapest, Hungary and Department of Environmental Science, Esterhazy Karoly University, 3200 Gyongyos, Hungary 2Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Centre for Environmental Health, GmbH, Research Unit Environmental Genomics, Ingolstaedter Landstrasse 1, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany *E-mail:
[email protected] Abstract – This Editorial briefly discusses the current issues surrounding glyphosate - the most controversial pesticide active ingredient of our time. The paper pays special attention to the effects of glyphosate on plant-pathogen interactions. Keywords – glyphosate, plant-pathogen interactions, environment, human health, ecocycles, sustainability Received: October 14, 2016 Accepted: November 10, 2016 ———————————————————————————————————————————————— - In nature nothing exists alone. researchers of the company missed to identify the Rachel Carson in “Silent Spring” (Carson, 1962) molecule as a potential herbicide because of the short duration of the company's standardized biological - Alle Dinge sind Gift, und nichts ist ohne Gift; allein assays (only five days, while the first, glyphosate- die Dosis machts, daß ein Ding kein Gift sei. (All induced phytotoxic symptoms usually appear after things are poison, and nothing is without poison: the about one week) (F. M. Pallos,