Glyphosate can be absorbed by hair roots. Just about anything can. But the roots are under the soil and the roundup would have to be used in gallons to soak through the soil to get to the roots. Woody roots don't absorb anything. In a message dated 4/4/2013 4:13:10 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, aaron_floden@yahoo.com writes: Googlescholar, and "glyphosate" and "germination" gives numerous results. Some are free and others likely behind paywalls, but there have been numerous papers published on the subject as well as other items related to glyphosate. I read one today that mentioned plants can and do absorb it through their roots. --- On Fri, 4/5/13, Christian Lachaud <christian.lachaud@gmail.com> wrote: Aaron : do you have any references to advise ? * _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.ibiblio.org http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/