Target-site resistance to ALS-inhibiting herbicides in Apera spica-venti populations is conferred by documented and previously unknown mutations

Weed Research

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 294-303

  Massa, Dario ^a   Krenz, B ^b   Gerhards, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acetolactate synthase; Acetolactate synthase inhibitors; Loose silky bent; Sequencing; Single nucleotide polymorphisms; Target site resistance

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BIOASSAY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GRASS; HERBICIDE; INHIBITION; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MUTATION; PESTICIDE RESISTANCE; SURVIVAL; WEED CONTROL;

APERA SPICA-VENTI; SUS;

EID: 79955538122     PISSN: 00431737     EISSN: 13653180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3180.2011.00843.x     Document Type: Article

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