Article
The P450 gene CYP749A16 is required for tolerance to the sulfonylurea herbicide trifloxysulfuron sodium in cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.).
BMC plant biology - 10 Sept 2018
Thyssen Gregory N, Naoumkina Marina, McCarty Jack C, Jenkins Johnie N, Florane Christopher, Li Ping, Fang David D
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Weed management is critical to global crop production and is complicated by rapidly evolving herbicide resistance in weeds. New sources of herbicide resistance are needed for crop plants so that applied herbicides can be rotated or combined to thwart the evolution of resistant weeds. The diverse family of cytochrome P450 proteins has been suggested to be a source of detoxifying herbicide metabolism in...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
