Auxinic herbicide-resistant (i.e., resistant to 2,4-D and MCPA) wild radish (Raphanus raphanistrum L.) was discovered in the Western Australian wheatbelt, providing an opportunity to integrate auxinic herbicide resistance into cultivated radish (R. sativus L.) using conventional breeding methods. It was hypothesized that the inheritance of auxinic herbicide resistance in wild radish is conferred by a single, dominant nuclear gene and, therefore, will be relatively easy to introgress from wild radish to cultivated radish; and the mechanism of auxinic herbicide resistance in wild radish is through an altered target-site. Visual injury data of the F2 progeny suggested that resistance was conferred by a quantitative trait with the susceptible allele(s) exhibiting dominance with minor cytoplasmically inherited genes masking the susceptible trait. In conclusion, the resistance allele(s) were quantitative and, thus, make selection for resistance difficult. Therefore, the introgression of the resistance allele(s) was not successfully completed. To determine the mechanism of resistance, the wild radish plants resistant WARR6-26 (R) and susceptible WARR7-5 (S) were treated with radiolabeled MCPA. There was no difference in metabolism of [14C]MCPA between R and S plants. Based upon the decline in the total 14C recovered over 72 h in R and S it was clear that both were “losing” [14C]MCPA; however, R plants were losing MCPA more rapidly. It was hypothesized that because R plants exude 14C more rapidly from their roots than S plants, this accounted for the resistance of R plants.

Submitted by Débora de Oliveira Latorre (deboraolatorre@gmail.com) on 2018-09-18T18:32:45Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Debora de Oliveira Latorre_ Dissertation.pdf: 3050527 bytes, checksum: 150c83efeaa3123bb2b38f3187b2e760 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Maria Lucia Martins Frederico null (mlucia@fca.unesp.br) on 2018-09-18T19:29:22Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 latorre_do_dr_botfca.pdf: 3050527 bytes, checksum: 150c83efeaa3123bb2b38f3187b2e760 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-09-18T19:29:22Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 latorre_do_dr_botfca.pdf: 3050527 bytes, checksum: 150c83efeaa3123bb2b38f3187b2e760 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-09-15 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) / Os herbicidas são um dos fatores mais importantes que vem consideravelmente contribuindo no aumento na proteção das culturas, devido sua inovação no controle de plantas daninhas ao longo dos últimos 70 anos. O uso continuo de um mesmo ingrediente ativo ou modo de ação impõe uma alta pressão de seleção em uma população de plantas daninhas e a seleção de indivíduos resistentes a herbicidas pode ocorrer. A intensidade da seleção imposta pelos herbicidas e a frequência inicial de indivíduos resistentes a herbicidas dentro de uma população de plantas daninhas são fatores chave importantes no processo de evolução da resistência. Fluxo gênico via pólen, sementes e propágulos vegetativos são uma potencial fonte de distribuição de resistência a herbicidas, como previamente reportado em Conyza canadensis e Amaranthus ssp. Conyza canadensis e Amaranthus ssp são potencialmente capazes de transferir genes que conferem resistência a herbicidas via pólen e/ou sementes, por produzirem pólen que pode ser disseminado a longas distancia e grande número de sementes. Os objetivos gerais dos estudos realizados foram caracterizar o nível de resistência de duas espécies de plantas daninhas de Nebraska, Estados Unidos da América. Um primeiro estudo em casa de vegetação foi conduzido para caracterizar o nível de resistência a glyphosate de populações de buva coletadas em áreas não cultivadas foi conduzido. Experimentos de dose-resposta com 9 doses de glyphosate e 28 populações de buva foram avaliados. Um segundo estudo em casa de vegetação foi conduzido para caracterizar o nível de uma população de caruru resistente a 2,4-D a diferentes formulações de herbicidas fenóxicos. De acordo com o primeiro estudo de dose-resposta, menos de sete por cento das populações de Conyza canadensis em áreas de pastagem próximas a áreas de cultivo expressaram “resistência prática” a glyphosate (plantas sobreviventes a dose de glyphosate mais usual em Nebraska – 1,260 g ae ha-1). Baseado em nossos resultados, foi detectado baixa frequência de resistência a glyphosate em populações de Conyza canadensis em áreas de pastagem de Nebraska, indicando que indivíduos resistentes a glyphosate dispersos das áreas de cultivo não são o biótipo predominante nessas áreas. Os resultados do segundo estudo mostraram que a população de Amarantus tuberculatus resistente a 2,4-D foi significativamente mais suscetíveis às formulações dos herbicidas Dicamba DGA, Dicamba DMA, Corasil, 2,4-DP, e 2,4-DP-p, enquanto sobreviveram a altas doses dos herbicidas 2,4-D 2EHE, 2,4-D EE, 2,4-DB, MCPB, MCPA, MCPA 2EHE, CMPP e CMPP-p. / Herbicides are one of the most important factors that have contributed to protect crop yields. This is due to innovative weed control over the last 70 years. The over-reliance on a single herbicide active ingredient or mode of action impose a high selection pressure on a weed population and the selection of herbicide-resistant individual plants may occur. The intensity of selection imposed by herbicides and the initial frequency of herbicide resistant in a weed population play a major role in the herbicide resistance evolution. Gene flow by pollen, seed, and vegetative propagules have the potential to move herbicide-resistant weed species, as reported previous reported in Conyza canadensis and Amaranthus genus. Conyza canadensis and Amaranthus tuberculatus are potentially able to proliferate herbicide resistance by pollen and/or seeds due to be prolific seed producer and its pollen are capable to be disseminated for long distances. The general objectives of these studies were to characterize the herbicide resistance level of two weed species in Nebraska, United States. A greenhouse study was performed to characterize the fold of glyphosate resistance in horseweed populations from non-crop areas. Dose-response experiments with 28 horseweed populations were evaluated across nine glyphosate rates. A second greenhouse study was performed to characterize the level of a 2,4-D-resistant waterhemp population resistance to various auxinic herbicides. According to the first dose-response study, less than seven percent of the rangeland Conyza canadensis populations screened expressed “practical” resistance to glyphosate (plants surviving to most common glyphosate rate used in Nebraska of 1,260g ae ha-1). Therefore, low frequency of GR in horseweed populations was detected in Nebraska rangeland indicating that GR individuals dispersed from row crops into rangeland are not the predominant biotype in these non-row crop areas. For the second study, the results showed that 2,4-D-WR population were significantly more sensitive to Dicamba DGA, Dicamba DMA, Corasil, 2,4-DP, and 2,4-DP-p herbicides formulations, whereas survived to the higher doses of 2,4-D 2EHE, 2,4-D EE, 2,4-DB, MCPB, MCPA, MCPA 2EHE, CMPP and CMPP-p. The founds on this studied showed the 2,4-D-WR population exhibits cross-resistance to 2,4-D 2EHE, 2,4-D EE, 2,4-DB, MCPB, MCPA, MCPA 2EHE, CMPP and CMPP-p herbicides. / 006860/2015-00

The objective of this Ph.D. research was to identify new and novel mechanisms of wild radish (Raphanus raphanistrum L.) resistance to photosystem II (PSII) inhibitors, auxinics, and acetohydroxyacid synthase (AHAS) inhibitors. PSIIinhibitor resistance was demonstrated to be target-site based, and conferred by a Ser264 to Gly substitution of the D1 protein. Auxinic resistance was associated with reduced herbicide translocation to the meristematic regions of resistant wild radish plants. Two new resistance mutations of wild radish AHAS were discovered, including one encoding the globally rare Asp376 to Glu substitution, and another encoding an Ala122 to Tyr substitution, which has never been identified or assessed for resistance in plants previously. Characterization of the frequency and distribution of AHAS resistance mutations in wild radish from the WA wheatbelt revealed that Glu376 was widespread, and that some mutations of AHAS are more common than others. Computer simulation was used to examine the molecular basis of resistance-endowing AHAS target-site mutations. Furthermore, through the computer-aided analysis, residues were identified with the potential to confer resistance upon substitution, but which have not previously been assessed for this possibility. Results from this Ph.D. research demonstrate that diverse, unrelated mechanisms of resistance to PSII inhibitors, auxinics, and AHAS inhibitors have evolved in wild radish of the WA wheatbelt, and that these mechanisms have accumulated in some populations.

Quizalofop and florpyrauxifen-benzyl are both new herbicides for rice in the midsouthern U.S. Quizalofop is only effective for control of monocot weed species; therefore, mixtures of florpyrauxifen-benzyl with quizalofop could be beneficial in acetyl CoA carboxylase (ACCase)-resistant rice. Field experiments were conducted at the Delta Research and Extension Center in Stoneville, MS, in 2017 and 2018 to evaluate control of monocot and dicot weed species with sequential applications of quizalofop including auxinic herbicides in the first or second treatment. Other field experiments in 2017 and 2018 evaluated sequential applications of different rates of quizalofop with florpyrauxifen-benzyl included in treatments immediately prior to flooding. A final field experiment in 2017 and 2018 evaluated growth and yield of six ACCase-resistant rice cultivars and advanced lines following POST applications of florpyrauxifen-benzyl.