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A new insight into arable weed adaptive evolution: mutations endowing herbicide resistance also affect germination dynamics and seedling emergence.
Annals of botany - 1 Apr 2013
Délye Christophe, Menchari Yosra, Michel Séverine, Cadet Emilie, Le Corre Valérie
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Selective pressures exerted by agriculture on populations of arable weeds foster the evolution of adaptive traits. Germination and emergence dynamics and herbicide resistance are key adaptive traits. Herbicide resistance alleles can have pleiotropic effects on a weed's life c...
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