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Junjun Ou1, Todd A Gaines2, Allan K Fritz1
1Department of Agronomy, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA.
Background:
Evolution and spread of resistance to glyphosate in kochia [Bassia scoparia (L.) A.J. Scott] is a major challenge for the sustainability of glyphosate-resistant crop technology in this region. Dicamba offers a viable option to manage glyphosate-resistant kochia. However, the recent and rapid evolution of dicamba resistance in glyphosate-resistant kochia populations in Kansas (KS), and other states in the USA is a threat to the management of this weed. Our previous research suggests that two distinct mechanisms confer dicamba resistance in KS (KSUR) and NE (CSUR) kochia. CSUR kochia is dicamba-resistant due to a double mutation in an auxin and dicamba coreceptor gene (Aux/IAA16), and CSUR kochia plants show reduced dicamba translocation. However, the mechanism of dicamba resistance in KSUR is not known. The objective of this research was to determine if dicamba resistance in KSUR is due to a different mechanism and therefore evolved independently from CSUR by measuring whether the resistance traits are chromosomally linked.
Results:
The F1 and F2 progenies from KSUR × CSUR were generated. Single dicamba rate tests were conducted using the F1 and F2 progeny. The results indicate that two different genes confer dicamba resistance in KSUR and CSUR; importantly, these two genes are not linked.
Conclusion:
This research provides evidence that different populations of kochia have independently evolved resistance to dicamba by different mechanisms, and we confirmed that the genes conferring resistance to the same herbicide in different populations are not chromosomally linked.
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