Simulation modelling identifies polygenic basis of herbicide resistance in a weed population and predicts rapid evolution of herbicide resistance at low herbicide rates

Crop Protection

Volumn 40, Issue , 2012, Pages 114-120

  Manalil, Sudheesh ^a,b   Renton, Michael ^a,c   Diggle, Art ^d   Busi, Roberto ^a   Powles, Stephen B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b KERALA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d Department of Agriculture and Food ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Herbicide resistance; Lolium rigidum; Polygenes

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FIELD METHOD; GRASS; HERBICIDE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; PESTICIDE RESISTANCE; POLLINATION; RECOMBINATION; RISK FACTOR; WEED CONTROL;

LOLIUM; LOLIUM MULTIFLORUM; LOLIUM RIGIDUM;

EID: 84863520287     PISSN: 02612194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cropro.2012.04.016     Document Type: Article

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