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Jinyi Chen1, Danica Goggin1, Heping Han1
1Australian Herbicide Resistance Initiative, School of Agriculture & Environment , University of Western Australia , Crawley , Western Australia 6009 , Australia.
Abstract:
Resistance to the pre-emergence herbicide trifluralin is increasing in Australian annual ryegrass ( Lolium rigidum) populations. Three L. rigidum populations (R1, R2, and R3) collected from Australian grain fields were identified with trifluralin resistance. Both target-site and nontarget-site resistance mechanisms were investigated. No target-site α-tubulin mutations were detected in populations R1 and R3, while an Arg-243-Lys mutation was found in R2. Compared with the three trifluralin-susceptible populations, enhanced [14C]-trifluralin metabolism, quantified by measuring the amount of [14C] label partitioning into the polar phase of a hexane:methanol system, was identified in all the three resistant populations. This is the first report of metabolic resistance to trifluralin. Coevolution of target-site and nontarget-site resistance to trifluralin is occurring, and metabolic resistance is not rare in L. rigidum populations in Australia. A method was established for trifluralin metabolic resistance detection, overcoming the difficulties of quantifying this highly volatile herbicide by chromatographic methods.
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