Article
Molecular and phenotypic characterization of Als1 and Als2 mutations conferring tolerance to acetolactate synthase herbicides in soybean.
Pest management science - 1 Dec 2014
Walter Kay L, Strachan Stephen D, Ferry Nancy M, Albert Henrik H, Castle Linda A, Sebastian Scott A
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Sulfonylurea (SU) herbicides are effective because they inhibit acetolactate synthase (ALS), a key enzyme in branched-chain amino acid synthesis required for plant growth. A soybean line known as W4-4 was developed through rounds of seed mutagenesis and was demonstrated to have a high...
Topics
- Acetolactate Synthase
- Base Sequence
- Herbicide Resistance
- Herbicides
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mutation
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Glycine max
- Sulfonylurea Compounds