A novel amino acid substitution Ala-122-Tyr in ALS confers high-level and broad resistance across ALS-inhibiting herbicides

Pest Management Science

Volumn 68, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1164-1170

  Han, Heping ^a   Yu, Qin ^a   Purba, Edison ^b   Li, Mei ^a,c   Walsh, Michael ^a   Friesen, Shane ^a   Powles, Stephen B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUMATERA UTARA   (Indonesia)

^c SHANDONG PEANUT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

Author keywords

Acetolactate synthase (ALS); ALS resistance mutation; ALS inhibiting herbicide; Cross resistance; Wild radish (Raphanus raphanistrum L.)

Indexed keywords

ACETOLACTATE SYNTHASE; ENZYME INHIBITOR; HERBICIDE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID; BIOASSAY; DICOTYLEDON; GENE EXPRESSION; HERBICIDE; INHIBITION; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SUBPOPULATION; WEED CONTROL;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; HERBICIDE RESISTANCE; LOLIUM; METABOLISM; MISSENSE MUTATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

ACETOLACTATE SYNTHASE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BASE SEQUENCE; ENZYME INHIBITORS; HERBICIDE RESISTANCE; HERBICIDES; LOLIUM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION, MISSENSE; PLANT PROTEINS;

AUSTRALIA;

RAPHANUS; RAPHANUS RAPHANISTRUM; RAPHANUS SATIVUS;

EID: 84863993254     PISSN: 1526498X     EISSN: 15264998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ps.3278     Document Type: Article

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