Non-Target-Site Resistance Mechanisms Endow Multiple Herbicide Resistance to Five Mechanisms of Action in Conyza bonariensis

Alopecurus myosuroides and Lolium rigidum have developed resistance to herbicides with several modes of action in many herbicide classes. A. myosuroides biotype Peldon A1 from England exhibits non-target site cross resistance to substituted urea and aryloxyphenoxypropionate herbicides (APP) due to enhanced metabolism. L. rigidum biotype SLR 31 from Australia has multiple resistance mechanisms, including both non-target site cross resistance and target site cross resistance. The majority of the SLR 31 population has enhanced metabolism of chlorsulfuron and diclofop-methyl and a mechanism correlated with altered plasma membrane response, which correlates with resistance to some APP and cyclohexanedione (CHD) herbicides. A small proportion of the population also has target site cross resistance to APP and CHD herbicides. While A myosuroides and L. rigidum share common biological elements, they are not unique. Non-target site cross resistance and multiple herbicide resistance is predicted to develop in other weed species. The repercussions of cross and multiple resistance warrant proactive measures to prevent or delay onset.

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Metabolism-Based Herbicide Resistance, the Major Threat Among the Non-Target Site Resistance Mechanisms

Outlooks on Pest Management ◽

10.1564/v31_aug_04 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 31 (4) ◽

pp. 162-168

Author(s):

Carlos A. G. Rigon ◽

Todd A. Gaines ◽

Anita Küpper ◽

Franck E. Dayan

Keyword(s):

Herbicide Resistance ◽

Resistance Mechanisms ◽

Target Site ◽

Major Threat ◽

Evolution Of Resistance ◽

Target Site Resistance ◽

Metabolic Degradation ◽

Varied Chemical ◽

Resistance To Herbicides ◽

Global Food

Evolution of resistance to pesticides is a problem challenging the sustainability of global food production. Resistance to herbicides is driven by the intense selection pressure imparted by synthetic herbicides on which we rely to manage weeds. Target-site resistance (TSR) mechanisms involve changes to the herbicide target protein and provide resistance only to herbicides within a single mechanism of action. Non-target site resistance (NTSR) mechanisms reduce the quantity of herbicide reaching the target site and/or modify the herbicide. NTSR mechanisms include reduced absorption and/or translocation, increased sequestration, and enhanced metabolic degradation. Of these diverse mechanisms contributing to NTSR, metabolism-based herbicide resistance represents a major threat because it can impart resistance to herbicides from varied chemical classes across any number of mechanisms of action.

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Functional Genomics Analysis of Horseweed (Conyza canadensis) with Special Reference to the Evolution of Non–Target-Site Glyphosate Resistance

Weed Science ◽

10.1614/ws-d-09-00037.1 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 58 (2) ◽

pp. 109-117 ◽

Cited By ~ 48

Author(s):

Joshua S. Yuan ◽

Laura L. G. Abercrombie ◽

Yongwei Cao ◽

Matthew D. Halfhill ◽

Xin Zhou ◽

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Keyword(s):

Functional Genomics ◽

Molecular Mechanisms ◽

Glyphosate Resistance ◽

Resistance Mechanisms ◽

Target Site ◽

Environmentally Benign ◽

Conyza Canadensis ◽

Target Site Resistance ◽

Weedy Species ◽

Heterologous Microarray

The evolution of glyphosate resistance in weedy species places an environmentally benign herbicide in peril. The first report of a dicot plant with evolved glyphosate resistance was horseweed, which occurred in 2001. Since then, several species have evolved glyphosate resistance and genomic information about nontarget resistance mechanisms in any of them ranges from none to little. Here, we report a study combining iGentifier transcriptome analysis, cDNA sequencing, and a heterologous microarray analysis to explore potential molecular and transcriptomic mechanisms of nontarget glyphosate resistance of horseweed. The results indicate that similar molecular mechanisms might exist for nontarget herbicide resistance across multiple resistant plants from different locations, even though resistance among these resistant plants likely evolved independently and available evidence suggests resistance has evolved at least four separate times. In addition, both the microarray and sequence analyses identified non–target-site resistance candidate genes for follow-on functional genomics analysis.

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Target and Non–target site Mechanisms Confer Resistance to Glyphosate in Canadian Accessions ofConyza canadensis

Weed Science ◽

10.1017/wsc.2017.69 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 66 (2) ◽

pp. 234-245 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Eric R. Page ◽

Christopher M. Grainger ◽

Martin Laforest ◽

Robert E. Nurse ◽

Istvan Rajcan ◽

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Keyword(s):

Ssr Markers ◽

Resistance Mechanisms ◽

Target Site ◽

Conyza Canadensis ◽

Weed Species ◽

Target Site Resistance ◽

Selection For ◽

Simple Sequence ◽

Growing Region ◽

Selection Of

Glyphosate-resistant populations ofConyza canadensishave been spreading at a rapid rate in Ontario, Canada, since first being documented in 2010. Determining the genetic relationship among existing Ontario populations is necessary to understand the spread and selection of the resistant biotypes. The objectives of this study were to: (1) characterize the genetic variation ofC. canadensisaccessions from the province of Ontario using simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers and (2) investigate the molecular mechanism (s) conferring resistance in these accessions. Ninety-eightC. canadensisaccessions were genotyped using 8 SSR markers. Germinable accessions were challenged with glyphosate to determine their dose response, and the sequences of 5-enolpyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate synthase genes 1 and 2 were obtained. Results indicate that a majority of glyphosate-resistant accessions from Ontario possessed a proline to serine substitution at position 106, which has previously been reported to confer glyphosate resistance in other crop and weed species. Accessions possessing this substitution demonstrated notably higher levels of resistance than non–target site resistant (NTSR) accessions from within or outside the growing region and were observed to form a subpopulation genetically distinct from geographically proximate glyphosate-susceptible and NTSR accessions. Although it is unclear whether other non–target site resistance mechanisms are contributing to the levels of resistance observed in target-site resistant accessions, these results indicate that, at a minimum, selection for Pro-106-Ser has occurred in addition to selection for non–target site resistance and has significantly enhanced the levels of resistance to glyphosate inC. canadensisaccessions from Ontario.

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Multiple Herbicide-Resistant Weeds and Non-target Site Resistance Mechanisms: A Global Challenge for Food Production

10.3389/978-2-88971-908-2 ◽

2021 ◽

Keyword(s):

Food Production ◽

Resistance Mechanisms ◽

Target Site ◽

Herbicide Resistant ◽

Global Challenge ◽

Target Site Resistance

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Molecular Mechanisms of Herbicide Resistance

Weed Science ◽

10.1614/ws-d-13-00096.1 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 63 (SP1) ◽

pp. 91-115 ◽

Cited By ~ 45

Author(s):

Christophe Délye ◽

Arnaud Duhoux ◽

Fanny Pernin ◽

Chance W. Riggins ◽

Patrick J. Tranel

Keyword(s):

Herbicide Resistance ◽

Molecular Mechanisms ◽

Target Site ◽

Target Protein ◽

Intrinsic Activity ◽

Evolutionary Adaptation ◽

Herbicide Binding ◽

Target Site Resistance ◽

Resistance To Herbicides ◽

Increased Activity

Resistance to herbicides occurs in weeds as the result of evolutionary adaptation (Jasieniuk et al. 1996). Basically, two types of mechanisms are involved in resistance (Beckie and Tardif 2012; Délye 2013). Target-site resistance (TSR) is caused by changes in the tridimensional structure of the herbicide target protein that decrease herbicide binding, or by increased activity (e.g., due to increased expression or increased intrinsic activity) of the target protein. Nontarget-site resistance (NTSR) is endowed by any mechanism not belonging to TSR, e.g., reduction in herbicide uptake or translocation in the plant, or enhanced herbicide detoxification (reviewed in Délye 2013; Yuan et al. 2007).

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Standing genetic variation fuels rapid evolution of herbicide resistance in blackgrass

10.1101/2021.12.14.472587 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Sonja Kersten ◽

Jiyang Chang ◽

Christian D Huber ◽

Yoav Voichek ◽

Christa Lanz ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Genetic Variation ◽

Herbicide Resistance ◽

Large Scale ◽

De Novo ◽

Bulked Segregant Analysis ◽

Target Site ◽

Temperate Climate ◽

Minor Role ◽

Standing Variation ◽

Target Site Resistance

Repeated herbicide applications exert enormous selection on blackgrass (Alopecurus myosuroides), a major weed in cereal crops of the temperate climate zone including Europe. This inadvertent large-scale experiment gives us the opportunity to look into the underlying genetic mechanisms and evolutionary processes of rapid adaptation, which can occur both through mutations in the direct targets of herbicides and through changes in other, often metabolic, pathways, known as non-target-site resistance. How much either type of adaptation relies on de novo mutations versus pre-existing standing variation is important for developing strategies to manage herbicide resistance. We generated a chromosome-level reference genome for A. myosuroides for population genomic studies of herbicide resistance and genome-wide diversity across Europe in this species. Bulked-segregant analysis evidenced that non-target-site resistance has a complex genetic architecture. Through empirical data and simulations, we showed that, despite its simple genetics, target-site resistance mainly results from standing genetic variation, with only a minor role for de novo mutations.

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Non-target-Site Resistance in Lolium spp. Globally: A Review

Frontiers in Plant Science ◽

10.3389/fpls.2020.609209 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 ◽

Author(s):

Andréia K. Suzukawa ◽

Lucas K. Bobadilla ◽

Carol Mallory-Smith ◽

Caio A. C. G. Brunharo

Keyword(s):

Main Tool ◽

Mechanisms Of Action ◽

Target Site ◽

Microtubule Assembly ◽

Acetohydroxyacid Synthase ◽

Cross Resistance ◽

Long Chain Fatty Acids ◽

Single Population ◽

Target Site Resistance ◽

Agricultural Areas

The Lolium genus encompasses many species that colonize a variety of disturbed and non-disturbed environments. Lolium perenne L. spp. perenne, L. perenne L. spp. multiflorum, and L. rigidum are of particular interest to weed scientists because of their ability to thrive in agricultural and non-agricultural areas. Herbicides are the main tool to control these weeds; however, Lolium spp. populations have evolved multiple- and cross-resistance to at least 14 herbicide mechanisms of action in more than 21 countries, with reports of multiple herbicide resistance to at least seven mechanisms of action in a single population. In this review, we summarize what is currently known about non-target-site resistance in Lolium spp. to acetyl CoA carboxylase, acetohydroxyacid synthase, microtubule assembly, photosystem II, 5-enolpyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate synthase, glutamine synthetase, very-long chain fatty acids, and photosystem I inhibitors. We suggest research topics that need to be addressed, as well as strategies to further our knowledge and uncover the mechanisms of non-target-site resistance in Lolium spp.

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