Glyphosate-resistant (GR) soybean was engineered by stable integration of a transgene from Agrobacterium species that codes for a herbicide-insensitive 5-enolpyr- uvylshikimate-3-phosphate synthase (EPSPS), an enzyme in the shikimate pathway (Delannay et al., 1995; Padgette et al., 1995). Transgenic soybean, resistant to glyphosate, represents a revolutionary breakthrough in weed control technology