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[AcaciaAve]

Since I'm unable to compose a resolute phrase for entering into the google search engine I figured this would be the healthiest avenue for discussion of this topic.

-When a plant is destroyed by pesticides and regenerates the next season, what effect on secondary metabolites does this have?
-And if the root system survives, does the aerial plant always conglomerate what chemicals were used?
For instance, AcaciaAve walks into a field of dreams, only its a barren wasteland of hay-yellow orange blotted destitution; Field of industrial dreams...
..."Do androids dream of electric sheep?"...
-When the new shoots pop up and a Phalaris pup is evacuated from the land of the dead, would it not have more vigor the following seasons?
-How drastically would the pesticides restructure the grass's genetics?
-If I grew out the clone from that field would it shed the vices which were sprayed all over it and eventually configure itself as a more hardy strain?
It appears the city I dwell in seeks to diminish the fleeting tryptamine utopia we have abundantly in the holy lands of the Pacific Northwest.
I'll crack into the plant physiology texts at my hut and explore more of these ponderings.
Usually when searching for answers, they're already present and it takes a slight slanting of redundant thought patterns to penetrate the maze of truth to be calibrated.

below are some pdfs on what I'm talking about. little to no mention on secondary metabolite interaction. And the EPA report on Glyphosphate(main pesty used for Phalaris Arundinacea in WA,USA) is interesting in its effect on human respiratory systems.

http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F1-4020-4476-3_20#page-1
http://www.invasive.org/gist/moredocs/phaaru01.pdf
http://www.appliedeco.com/Projects/ReedCanaryGrass.pdf
http://www.shorebirdplan.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/ReedCanaryGrassReport2004.pdf
http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/wq/pesticides/regpesticides.html
http://www.epa.gov/ogwdw/pdfs/factsheets/soc/tech/glyphosa.pdf
http://www.zemdirbyste-agriculture.lt/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/101_4_str51.pdf

Well this is all in regards to urban fields of Phalaris.
The wild populations surrounding civilized areas are unscathed by human despondency.
Benefits of growing your own grass include but not limited to: Organic source of medicine at the reach of an arm and the possibility of eventually spreading your hardy true-blue strains to the wilderness where they can spread and flourish.
This is not the case for Chacruna.

AA

[kykeion]

This probably won't answer most of your questions, but my biggest concern would be the amount of herbicide present in/on the rescued specimen.  Given that the grass is considered a "weed" and the goal was to eradicate if from the lot it was likely sprayed with a much higher concentration of herbicide than say the vegetables at the grocery store.

Personally I would grow out the rescued grass, and periodically cut it back and dispose of the clippings.  Theory being that any residue left on the surface after you rescued the plant would be removed and disposed during the first cutting.  As the grass re-grows any herbicides that it may have absorbed internally will be distributed into the new growth.  Subsequent cuttings should eventually remove most of the herbicides so you are left with a "clean" plant.