Article
A new amino acid substitution (Ala-205-Phe) in acetolactate synthase (ALS) confers broad spectrum resistance to ALS-inhibiting herbicides.
Planta - 1 Jan 2016
Brosnan James T, Vargas Jose J, Breeden Gregory K, Grier Logan, Aponte Raphael A, Tresch Stefan, Laforest Martin
Abstract excerpt
MAIN CONCLUSION: This is a first report of an Ala-205-Phe substitution in acetolactate synthase conferring resistance to imidazolinone, sulfonylurea, triazolopyrimidines, sulfonylamino-carbonyl-triazolinones, and pyrimidinyl (thio) benzoate herbicides. Resistance to acetolactate synthase (ALS) and photosystem II inhibiting herbicides was confirmed in a population of allotetraploid annual bluegrass (Poa annua L.;...
Topics
- Acetolactate Synthase
- Alanine
- Amino Acid Substitution
- Base Sequence
- Herbicide Resistance
- Herbicides
- Homozygote
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mutation
- Phenylalanine
- Poa
