Interspecific hybridization transfers a previously unknown glyphosate resistance mechanism in Amaranthus species

Evolutionary Applications

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 29-38

  Gaines, Todd A ^a   Ward, Sarah M ^a   Bukun, Bekir ^a   Preston, Christopher ^b   Leach, Jan E ^a   Westra, Philip ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

5 enolpyruvyl shikimate 3 phosphate synthase; Evolution; Evolutionary adaptive change; Gene amplification; Gene flow; Genetic introgression; Glyphosate; Palmer amaranth (Amaranthus palmeri S. Wats.); Transgenic crops

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857090767     PISSN: 17524563     EISSN: 17524571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-4571.2011.00204.x     Document Type: Article

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