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Evolution of generalist resistance to herbicide mixtures reveals a trade-off in resistance management.
Nature communications - 18 Jun 2020
Comont David, Lowe Claudia, Hull Richard, Crook Laura, Hicks Helen L, Onkokesung Nawaporn, Beffa Roland, Childs Dylan Z, Edwards Robert, Freckleton Robert P, Neve Paul
Abstract excerpt
Intense selection by pesticides and antibiotics has resulted in a global epidemic of evolved resistance. In agriculture and medicine, using mixtures of compounds from different classes is widely accepted as optimal resistance management. However, this strategy may promote the evolution of more generalist resistance mechanisms. Here we test this hypothesis at a national scale in an economically important...
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