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Varah A, Ahodo K, Childs DZ, Comont D, Crook L, Freckleton RP, Goodsell R, Hicks HL, Hull R, Neve P, Norris K. Acting pre-emptively reduces the long-term costs of managing herbicide resistance. Sci Rep 2024; 14:6201. [PMID: 38485959 PMCID: PMC10940647 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-56525-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2023] [Accepted: 03/07/2024] [Indexed: 03/18/2024] Open
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Globally, pesticides improve crop yields but at great environmental cost, and their overuse has caused resistance. This incurs large financial and production losses but, despite this, very diversified farm management that might delay or prevent resistance is uncommon in intensive farming. We asked farmers to design more diversified cropping strategies aimed at controlling herbicide resistance, and estimated resulting weed densities, profits, and yields compared to prevailing practice. Where resistance is low, it is financially viable to diversify pre-emptively; however, once resistance is high, there are financial and production disincentives to adopting diverse rotations. It is therefore as important to manage resistance before it becomes widespread as it is to control it once present. The diverse rotations targeting high resistance used increased herbicide application frequency and volume, contributing to these rotations' lack of financial viability, and raising concerns about glyphosate resistance. Governments should encourage adoption of diverse rotations in areas without resistance. Where resistance is present, governments may wish to incentivise crop diversification despite the drop in wheat production as it is likely to bring environmental co-benefits. Our research suggests we need long-term, proactive, food security planning and more integrated policy-making across farming, environment, and health arenas.
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- Alexa Varah
- Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, UK.
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- Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, Regent's Park, London, UK
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- Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Western Bank, Sheffield, UK
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- Department of Protecting Crops and the Environment, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, AL5 2JQ, UK
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- Department of Protecting Crops and the Environment, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, AL5 2JQ, UK
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- Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Western Bank, Sheffield, UK
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- Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Western Bank, Sheffield, UK
- Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Western Bank, Sheffield, UK
- School of Animal, Rural and Environmental Sciences, Nottingham Trent University, Brackenhurst Campus, Southwell, UK
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- Department of Protecting Crops and the Environment, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, AL5 2JQ, UK
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- Department of Protecting Crops and the Environment, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, AL5 2JQ, UK
- Department of Plant & Environmental Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Hoejbakkegaard Alle, 2630, Taastrup, Denmark
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- Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, UK
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Li HY, Guo Y, Jin BY, Yang XF, Kong CH. Phytochemical Cue for the Fitness Costs of Herbicide-Resistant Weeds. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 12:3158. [PMID: 37687404 PMCID: PMC10490342 DOI: 10.3390/plants12173158] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2023] [Revised: 08/28/2023] [Accepted: 08/31/2023] [Indexed: 09/10/2023]
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Despite increasing knowledge of the fitness costs of viability and fecundity involved in the herbicide-resistant weeds, relatively little is known about the linkage between herbicide resistance costs and phytochemical cues in weed species and biotypes. This study demonstrated relative fitness and phytochemical responses in six herbicide-resistant weeds and their susceptible counterparts. There were significant differences in the parameters of viability (growth and photosynthesis), fecundity fitness (flowering and seed biomass) and a ubiquitous phytochemical (-)-loliolide levels between herbicide-resistant weeds and their susceptible counterparts. Fitness costs occurred in herbicide-resistant Digitaria sanguinalis and Leptochloa chinensis but they were not observed in herbicide-resistant Alopecurus japonicas, Eleusine indica, Ammannia arenaria, and Echinochloa crus-galli. Correlation analysis indicated that the morphological characteristics of resistant and susceptible weeds were negatively correlated with (-)-loliolide concentration, but positively correlated with lipid peroxidation malondialdehyde and total phenol contents. Principal component analysis showed that the lower the (-)-loliolide concentration, the stronger the adaptability in E. crus-galli and E. indica. Therefore, not all herbicide-resistant weeds have fitness costs, but the findings showed several examples of resistance leading to improved fitness even in the absence of herbicides. In particular, (-)-loliolide may act as a phytochemical cue to explain the fitness cost of herbicide-resistant weeds by regulating vitality and fecundity.
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- Hong-Yu Li
- College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China; (H.-Y.L.); (Y.G.); (B.-Y.J.)
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- College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China; (H.-Y.L.); (Y.G.); (B.-Y.J.)
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- College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China; (H.-Y.L.); (Y.G.); (B.-Y.J.)
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- College of Life Science, Hebei University, Baoding 071000, China
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- College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China; (H.-Y.L.); (Y.G.); (B.-Y.J.)
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Comont D, MacGregor DR, Crook L, Hull R, Nguyen L, Freckleton RP, Childs DZ, Neve P. Dissecting weed adaptation: Fitness and trait correlations in herbicide-resistant Alopecurus myosuroides. PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE 2022; 78:3039-3050. [PMID: 35437938 PMCID: PMC9324217 DOI: 10.1002/ps.6930] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2022] [Revised: 04/13/2022] [Accepted: 04/18/2022] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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BACKGROUND Unravelling the genetic architecture of non-target-site resistance (NTSR) traits in weed populations can inform questions about the inheritance, trade-offs and fitness costs associated with these traits. Classical quantitative genetics approaches allow study of the genetic architecture of polygenic traits even where the genetic basis of adaptation remains unknown. These approaches have the potential to overcome some of the limitations of previous studies into the genetics and fitness of NTSR. RESULTS Using a quantitative genetic analysis of 400 pedigreed Alopecurus myosuroides seed families from nine field-collected populations, we found strong heritability for resistance to the acetolactate synthase and acetyl CoA carboxylase inhibitors (h2 = 0.731 and 0.938, respectively), and evidence for shared additive genetic variance for resistance to these two different herbicide modes of action, rg = 0.34 (survival), 0.38 (biomass). We find no evidence for genetic correlations between life-history traits and herbicide resistance, indicating that resistance to these two modes of action is not associated with large fitness costs in blackgrass. We do, however, demonstrate that phenotypic variation in plant flowering characteristics is heritable, h2 = 0.213 (flower height), 0.529 (flower head number), 0.449 (time to flowering) and 0.372 (time to seed shed), demonstrating the potential for adaptation to other nonchemical management practices (e.g. mowing of flowering heads) now being adopted for blackgrass control. CONCLUSION These results highlight that quantitative genetics can provide important insight into the inheritance and genetic architecture of NTSR, and can be used alongside emerging molecular techniques to better understand the evolutionary and fitness landscape of herbicide resistance. © 2022 The Authors. Pest Management Science published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Society of Chemical Industry.
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- David Comont
- Department of Biointeractions and Crop ProtectionRothamsted Research, HarpendenHertfordshireUK
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- Department of Biointeractions and Crop ProtectionRothamsted Research, HarpendenHertfordshireUK
- Department of BiosciencesUniversity of DurhamDurhamUK
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- Department of Biointeractions and Crop ProtectionRothamsted Research, HarpendenHertfordshireUK
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- Department of Biointeractions and Crop ProtectionRothamsted Research, HarpendenHertfordshireUK
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- Department of Biointeractions and Crop ProtectionRothamsted Research, HarpendenHertfordshireUK
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- Department of Animal and Plant SciencesUniversity of SheffieldSouth YorkshireUK
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- Department of Animal and Plant SciencesUniversity of SheffieldSouth YorkshireUK
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- Department of Biointeractions and Crop ProtectionRothamsted Research, HarpendenHertfordshireUK
- Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Section for Crop SciencesUniversity of CopenhagenTaastrupDenmark
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Sun B, Zhu G, Xie X, Chai A, Li L, Shi Y, Li B. Double Mutations in Succinate Dehydrogenase Are Involved in SDHI Resistance in Corynespora cassiicola. Microorganisms 2022; 10:microorganisms10010132. [PMID: 35056581 PMCID: PMC8779870 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms10010132] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2021] [Revised: 12/31/2021] [Accepted: 01/04/2022] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Simple Summary With the application of fungicide in agriculture, resistance to fungicide has become a serious problem. It is important to assess the evolution of resistance for development of disease prevention and control. We confirmed, by site-directed mutagenesis, that single mutations conferring moderate or low resistance are more likely to evolve into double mutations conferring higher resistance under the selective pressure of SDHI. However, the double mutations suffer large of fitness penalty than single mutation. We recommend that the use of SDHI in agriculture should be appropriately reduced or that other types of fungicides should be used to control plant diseases, such as dicarboximide fungicides (DCFs), to avoid the emergence of very resistant plant pathogens. Abstract With the further application of succinate dehydrogenase inhibitors (SDHI), the resistance caused by double mutations in target gene is gradually becoming a serious problem, leading to a decrease of control efficacy. It is important to assess the sensitivity and fitness of double mutations to SDHI in Corynespora cassiicola and analysis the evolution of double mutations. We confirmed, by site-directed mutagenesis, that all double mutations (B-I280V+D-D95E/D-G109V/D-H105R, B-H278R+D-D95E/D-G109V, B-H278Y+D-D95E/D-G109V) conferred resistance to all SDHI and exhibited the increased resistance to at least one fungicide than single point mutation. Analyses of fitness showed that all double mutations had lower fitness than the wild type; most of double mutations suffered more fitness penalties than the corresponding single mutants. We also further found that double mutations (B-I280V+D-D95E/D-G109V/D-H105R) containing low SDHI-resistant single point mutation (B-I280V) exhibited higher resistance to SDHI and low fitness penalty than double mutations (B-H278Y+D-D95E/D-G109V) containing high SDHI-resistant single mutations (B-H278Y). Therefore, we may infer that a single mutation conferring low resistance is more likely to evolve into a double mutation conferring higher resistance under the selective pressure of SDHI. Taken together, our results provide some important reference for resistance management.
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Melero-Jiménez IJ, Bañares-España E, Reul A, Flores-Moya A, García-Sánchez MJ. Detection of the maximum resistance to the herbicides diuron and glyphosate, and evaluation of its phenotypic cost, in freshwater phytoplankton. AQUATIC TOXICOLOGY (AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS) 2021; 240:105973. [PMID: 34600397 DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2021.105973] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2021] [Revised: 09/09/2021] [Accepted: 09/15/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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One of the most important anthropogenic impacts on freshwater aquatic ecosystems close to intensive agriculture areas is the cumulative increase in herbicide concentrations. The threat is especially relevant for phytoplankton organisms because they have the same physiological targets as the plants for which herbicides have been designed. This led us to explore the evolutionary response of three phytoplanktonic species to increasing concentrations of two herbicides and its consequences in terms of growth and photosynthesis performance. Specifically, we used an experimental ratchet protocol to investigate the differential evolution and the limit of resistance of a cyanobacterium (Microcystis aeruginosa) and two chlorophyceans (Chlamydomonas reinhardtii and Dictyosphaerium chlorelloides) to two herbicides in worldwide use: glyphosate and diuron. Initially, the growth rate of M. aeruginosa and D. chlorelloides was completely inhibited when they were exposed to a dose of 0.23 ppm diuron or 40 ppm glyphosate, whereas a higher concentration of both herbicides (0.46 ppm diuron or 90 ppm glyphosate) was necessary to abolish C. reinhardtii growth. However, after running a ratchet protocol, the resistance of the three species to both herbicides increased by an adaptation process. M. aeruginosa and D. chlorelloides were able to grow at 1.84 ppm diuron and 80 ppm glyphosate and C. reinhardtii proliferated at twice these concentrations. Herbicide-resistant strains showed lower growth rates than their wild-type counterparts in the absence of herbicides, as well as changes on morphology and differences on photosynthetic pigment content. Besides, herbicide-resistant cells generally showed a lower photosynthetic performance than wild-type strains in the three species. These results indicate that the introduction of both herbicides in freshwater ecosystems could produce a diminution of primary production due to the selection of herbicide-resistant mutants, that would exhibit lower photosynthetic performance than wild-type populations.
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- Ignacio J Melero-Jiménez
- Departamento de Botánica y Fisiología Vegetal, Universidad de Málaga, Campus de Teatinos s/n, 29071 Málaga, Spain.
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- Departamento de Botánica y Fisiología Vegetal, Universidad de Málaga, Campus de Teatinos s/n, 29071 Málaga, Spain
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- Departamento de Ecología y Geología, Universidad de Málaga, Campus de Teatinos s/n, 29071 Málaga, Spain
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- Departamento de Botánica y Fisiología Vegetal, Universidad de Málaga, Campus de Teatinos s/n, 29071 Málaga, Spain
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- Departamento de Botánica y Fisiología Vegetal, Universidad de Málaga, Campus de Teatinos s/n, 29071 Málaga, Spain
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Wu C, Paciorek M, Liu K, LeClere S, Perez‐Jones A, Westra P, Sammons RD. Investigating the presence of compensatory evolution in dicamba resistant IAA16 mutated kochia (Bassia scoparia) †. PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE 2021; 77:1775-1785. [PMID: 33236492 PMCID: PMC7986355 DOI: 10.1002/ps.6198] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2020] [Revised: 11/02/2020] [Accepted: 11/24/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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BACKGROUND Lack of fitness costs has been reported for multiple herbicide resistance traits, but the underlying evolutionary mechanisms are not well understood. Compensatory evolution that ameliorates resistance costs, has been documented in bacteria and insects but rarely studied in weeds. Dicamba resistant IAA16 (G73N) mutated kochia was previously found to have high fecundity in the absence of competition, regardless of significant vegetative growth defects. To understand if costs of dicamba resistance can be compensated through traits promoting reproductive success in kochia, we thoroughly characterized the reproductive growth and development of different G73N kochia biotypes. Flowering phenology, seed production and reproductive allocation were quantified through greenhouse studies, floral (stigma-anthers distance) and seed morphology, as well as resulting mating and seed dispersal systems were studied through time-course microcopy images. RESULTS G73N covaried with multiple phenological, morphological and ecological traits that improve reproductive fitness: (i) 16-60% higher reproductive allocation; (ii) longer reproduction phase through early flowering (2-7 days); (iii) smaller stigma-anthers separation (up to 60% reduction of herkogamy and dichogamy) that can potentially promote selfing and reproductive assurance; (iv) 'winged' seeds with 30-70% longer sepals that facilitate long-distance seed dispersal. CONCLUSION The current study demonstrates that costs of herbicide resistance can be ameliorated through coevolution of other fitness penalty alleviating traits. As illustrated in a hypothetical model, the evolution of herbicide resistance is an ongoing fitness maximization process, which poses challenges to contain the spread of resistance. © 2020 The Authors. Pest Management Science published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Society of Chemical Industry.
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- Chenxi Wu
- Department of Plant BiotechnologyBayer CropScienceChesterfieldMOUSA
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- Department of Plant BiotechnologyBayer CropScienceChesterfieldMOUSA
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- Department of Plant BiotechnologyBayer CropScienceChesterfieldMOUSA
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- Department of Plant BiotechnologyBayer CropScienceChesterfieldMOUSA
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- Department of Agricultural BiologyColorado State UniversityFort CollinsCOUSA
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Leon RG, Dunne JC, Gould F. The role of population and quantitative genetics and modern sequencing technologies to understand evolved herbicide resistance and weed fitness. PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE 2021; 77:12-21. [PMID: 32633005 PMCID: PMC7754128 DOI: 10.1002/ps.5988] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2020] [Revised: 06/26/2020] [Accepted: 07/06/2020] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
Abstract
Evolution of resistance to multiple herbicides with different sites of action and of nontarget site resistance (NTSR) often involves multiple genes. Thus, single-gene analyses, typical in studies of target site resistance, are not sufficient for understanding the genetic architecture and dynamics of NTSR and multiple resistance. The genetics of weed adaptation to varied agricultural environments is also generally expected to be polygenic. Recent advances in whole-genome sequencing as well as bioinformatic and statistical tools have made it possible to use population and quantitative genetics methods to expand our understanding of how resistance and other traits important for weed adaptation are genetically controlled at the individual and population levels, and to predict responses to selection pressure by herbicides and other environmental factors. The use of tools such as quantitative trait loci mapping, genome-wide association studies, and genomic prediction will allow pest management scientists to better explain how pests adapt to control tools and how specific genotypes thrive and spread across agroecosystems and other human-disturbed systems. The challenge will be to use this knowledge in developing integrated weed management systems that inhibit broad resistance to current and future weed-control methods. © 2020 The Authors. Pest Management Science published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Society of Chemical Industry.
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- Ramon G Leon
- Department of Crop and Soil SciencesNorth Carolina State UniversityRaleighNCUSA
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- Department of Crop and Soil SciencesNorth Carolina State UniversityRaleighNCUSA
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- Department of Entomology and Plant PathologyNorth Carolina State UniversityRaleighNCUSA
- Genetic Engineering and Society CenterNorth Carolina State UniversityRaleighNCUSA
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Varah A, Ahodo K, Coutts SR, Hicks HL, Comont D, Crook L, Hull R, Neve P, Childs DZ, Freckleton RP, Norris K. The costs of human-induced evolution in an agricultural system. NATURE SUSTAINABILITY 2020; 3:63-71. [PMID: 31942455 PMCID: PMC6962049 DOI: 10.1038/s41893-019-0450-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2018] [Accepted: 11/12/2019] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Pesticides have underpinned significant improvements in global food security, albeit with associated environmental costs. Currently, the yield benefits of pesticides are threatened as overuse has led to wide-scale evolution of resistance. Yet despite this threat, there are no large-scale estimates of crop yield losses or economic costs due to resistance. Here, we combine national-scale density and resistance data for the weed Alopecurus myosuroides (black-grass) with crop yield maps and a new economic model to estimate that the annual cost of resistance in England is £0.4bn in lost gross profit (2014 prices), and annual wheat yield loss due to resistance is 0.8 million tonnes. A total loss of herbicide control against black-grass would cost £1bn and 3.4 million tonnes of lost wheat yield annually. Worldwide, there are 253 herbicide-resistant weeds, so the global impact of resistance could be enormous. Our research provides an urgent case for national-scale planning to combat further evolution of resistance, and an incentive for policies focused on increasing yields through more sustainable food-production systems rather than relying so heavily on herbicides.
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- Alexa Varah
- Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, Regent’s Park, London, NW1 4RY, UK
- All correspondence or requests should be addressed to Dr Alexa Varah,
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- Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, Regent’s Park, London, NW1 4RY, UK
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- Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Western Bank, Sheffield, S10 2TN, UK
- Lincoln Institute of Agri-Food Technology, University of Lincoln, Lincoln, LN2 2LG, UK
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- Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Western Bank, Sheffield, S10 2TN, UK
- School of Animal, Rural and Environmental Sciences, Nottingham Trent University, Brackenhurst Campus, Southwell, NG25 0QF, UK
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- Rothamsted Research, West Common, Harpenden, AL5 2JQ, UK
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- Rothamsted Research, West Common, Harpenden, AL5 2JQ, UK
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- Rothamsted Research, West Common, Harpenden, AL5 2JQ, UK
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- Rothamsted Research, West Common, Harpenden, AL5 2JQ, UK
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- Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Western Bank, Sheffield, S10 2TN, UK
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- Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Western Bank, Sheffield, S10 2TN, UK
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- Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, Regent’s Park, London, NW1 4RY, UK
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Baucom RS. Evolutionary and ecological insights from herbicide-resistant weeds: what have we learned about plant adaptation, and what is left to uncover? THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2019; 223:68-82. [PMID: 30710343 DOI: 10.1111/nph.15723] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2018] [Accepted: 01/22/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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The evolution of herbicide resistance in crop weeds presents one of the greatest challenges to agriculture and the production of food. Herbicide resistance has been studied for more than 60 yr, in the large part by researchers seeking to design effective weed control programs. As an outcome of this work, various unique questions in plant adaptation have been addressed. Here, I collate recent research on the herbicide-resistant problem in light of key questions and themes in evolution and ecology. I highlight discoveries made on herbicide-resistant weeds in three broad areas - the genetic basis of adaptation, evolutionary constraints, experimental evolution - and similarly discuss questions left to be answered. I then develop how one would use herbicide-resistance evolution as a model for studying eco-evolutionary dynamics within a community context. My overall goals are to highlight important findings in the weed science literature that are relevant to themes in plant adaptation and to stimulate the use of herbicide-resistant plants as models for addressing key questions within ecology and evolution.
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- Regina S Baucom
- Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Department, University of Michigan, 4034 Biological Sciences Building, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA
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Vila-Aiub MM, Yu Q, Powles SB. Do plants pay a fitness cost to be resistant to glyphosate? THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2019; 223:532-547. [PMID: 30737790 DOI: 10.1111/nph.15733] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2018] [Accepted: 01/30/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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We reviewed the literature to understand the effects of glyphosate resistance on plant fitness at the molecular, biochemical and physiological levels. A number of correlations between enzyme characteristics and glyphosate resistance imply the existence of a plant fitness cost associated with resistance-conferring mutations in the glyphosate target enzyme, 5-enolpyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate synthase (EPSPS). These biochemical changes result in a tradeoff between the glyphosate resistance of the EPSPS enzyme and its catalytic activity. Mutations that endow the highest resistance are more likely to decrease catalytic activity by reducing the affinity of EPSPS for its natural substrate, and/or slowing the velocity of the enzyme reaction, and are thus very likely to endow a substantial plant fitness cost. Prediction of fitness costs associated with EPSPS gene amplification and overexpression can be more problematic. The validity of cost prediction based on the theory of evolution of gene expression and resource allocation has been cast into doubt by contradictory experimental evidence. Further research providing insights into the role of the EPSPS cassette in weed adaptation, and estimations of the energy budget involved in EPSPS amplification and overexpression are required to understand and predict the biochemical and physiological bases of the fitness cost of glyphosate resistance.
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- Martin M Vila-Aiub
- Australian Herbicide Resistance Initiative (AHRI) - School of Agriculture & Environment, University of Western Australia (UWA), Crawley, 6009, Western Australia, Australia
- IFEVA - CONICET - Faculty of Agronomy, Department of Ecology, University of Buenos Aires (UBA), Buenos Aires, 1417, Argentina
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- Australian Herbicide Resistance Initiative (AHRI) - School of Agriculture & Environment, University of Western Australia (UWA), Crawley, 6009, Western Australia, Australia
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- Australian Herbicide Resistance Initiative (AHRI) - School of Agriculture & Environment, University of Western Australia (UWA), Crawley, 6009, Western Australia, Australia
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Xiao L, Wang X, Kong N, Cao M, Zhang L, Wei Q, Liu W. Polymorphisms of Gene Cassette Promoters of the Class 1 Integron in Clinical Proteus Isolates. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:790. [PMID: 31068909 PMCID: PMC6491665 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.00790] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2018] [Accepted: 03/27/2019] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE To describe the polymorphisms of gene cassette promoters of the class 1 integron in clinical Proteus isolates and their relationship with antibiotic resistance. METHODS Polymorphisms of the gene cassette promoter in 153 strains of Proteus were analyzed by PCR and nucleotide sequencing. Variable regions of atypical class 1 integrons were detected by inverse PCR and nucleotide sequencing. Enterobacterial repetitive intergenic consensus (ERIC)-PCR was used to analyze the phylogenetic relationships of class 1 integron-positive clinical Proteus isolates. Representative beta-lactamase genes (bla), including bla TEM,bla SHV,bla CTX-M-1,bla CTX-M-2,bla CTX-M-8,bla CTX-M-9,bla CTX-M-25 and bla OXA-1, and plasmid-mediated quinolone resistance (PMQR) genes including qnrA, qnrB, qnrC, qnrD, qnrS, oqxA, oqxB, qepA, and aac(6')-Ib were also screened using PCR and sequence analysis. RESULTS Fifteen different gene cassette arrays and 20 different gene cassettes were detected in integron-positive strains. Of them, aadB-aadA2 (37/96) was the most common gene cassette array. Two of these gene cassette arrays (estX-psp-aadA2-cmlA1, estX-psp-aadA2-cmlA1-aadA1a-qacI-tnpA-sul3) have not previously been reported. Three different Pc-P2 variants (PcS, PcWTGN-10, PcH1) were detected among the 96 Proteus strains, with PcH1 being the most common (49/96). Strains carrying the promoters PcS or PcWTGN-10 were more resistant to sulfamethoxazole, gentamicin and tobramycin than those carrying PcH1. Strains with weak promoter (PcH1) harbored significantly more intra- and extra-integron antibiotic resistance genes than isolates with strong promoter (PcWTGN-10). Further, among 153 isolates, representative beta-lactamase genes were detected in 70 isolates (bla TEM-1, 54; bla OXA-1, 40; bla CTX-M-3, 12; bla CTX-M-14, 12; bla CTX-M-65, 5; bla CTX-M-15, 2) and representative PMQR genes were detected in 87 isolates (qnrA, 6; qnrB, 3; qnrC, 5; qnrD, 46; qnrS, 5; oqxA, 7; aac(6')-Ib, 13; aac(6')-Ib-cr, 32). CONCLUSION To the best of our knowledge, this study provides the first evidence for polymorphisms of the class 1 integron variable promoter in clinical Proteus isolates, which generally contain relatively strong promoters. Resistance genotypes showed a higher coincidence rate with the drug-resistant phenotype in strong-promoter-containing strains, resulting in an ability to confer strong resistance to antibiotics among host bacteria and a relatively limited ability to capture gene cassettes. Moreover, strains with relatively weak integron promoters can "afford" a heavier "extra-integron antibiotic resistance gene load". Furthermore, the gene cassettes estX, psp and the gene cassette arrays estX-psp-aadA2-cmlA1, estX-psp-aadA2-cmlA1-aadA1a-qacI-tnpA-sul3 have been confirmed for the first time in clinical Proteus isolates. Beta-lactamase genes and PMQR were investigated, and bla TEM-1 and bla OXA-1 were the most common, with qnrD and aac (6')-Ib-cr also being dominant.
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- Linlin Xiao
- Shanghai University of Medicine & Health Sciences Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital South Campus, Shanghai, China
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital South Campus, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, Tongji University, Shanghai, China
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- Anhui University of Science and Technology, Anhui, China
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- Anhui University of Science and Technology, Anhui, China
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- Anhui University of Science and Technology, Anhui, China
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- Anhui University of Science and Technology, Anhui, China
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- Shanghai University of Medicine & Health Sciences Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital South Campus, Shanghai, China
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital South Campus, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China
- Anhui University of Science and Technology, Anhui, China
- Centre of Laboratory Medicine, Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, Tongji University, Shanghai, China
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Shanghai Skin Disease Hospital, Tongji University, Shanghai, China
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Shanghai First People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China
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Comont D, Knight C, Crook L, Hull R, Beffa R, Neve P. Alterations in Life-History Associated With Non-target-site Herbicide Resistance in Alopecurus myosuroides. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2019; 10:837. [PMID: 31297127 PMCID: PMC6607922 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2019.00837] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2019] [Accepted: 06/12/2019] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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The evolution of resistance to herbicides is a classic example of rapid contemporary adaptation in the face of a novel environmental stress. Evolutionary theory predicts that selection for resistance will be accompanied by fitness trade-offs in environments where the stress is absent. Alopecurus myosuroides, an autumn-germinating grass weed of cereal crops in North-West Europe, has evolved resistance to seven herbicide modes-of-action, making this an ideal species to examine the presence and magnitudes of such fitness costs. Here, we use two contrasting A. myosuroides phenotypes derived from a common genetic background, one with enhanced metabolism resistance to a commercial formulation of the sulfonylurea (ALS) actives mesosulfuron and iodosulfuron, and the other with susceptibility to these actives (S). Comparisons of plant establishment, growth, and reproductive potential were made under conditions of intraspecific competition, interspecific competition with wheat, and over a gradient of nitrogen deprivation. Herbicide dose response assays confirmed that the two lines had contrasting resistance phenotypes, with a 20-fold difference in resistance between them. Pleiotropic effects of resistance were observed during plant development, with R plants having a greater intraspecific competitive effect and longer tiller lengths than S plants during vegetative growth, but with S plants allocating proportionally more biomass to reproductive tissues during flowering. Direct evidence of a reproductive cost of resistance was evident in the nitrogen deprivation experiment with R plants producing 27% fewer seed heads per plant, and a corresponding 23% reduction in total seed head length. However, these direct effects of resistance on fecundity were not consistent across experiments. Our results demonstrate that a resistance phenotype based on enhanced herbicide metabolism has pleiotropic impacts on plant growth, development and resource partitioning but does not support the hypothesis that resistance is associated with a consistent reproductive fitness cost in this species. Given the continued difficulties associated with unequivocally detecting costs of herbicide resistance, we advocate future studies that adopt classical evolutionary quantitative genetics approaches to determine genetic correlations between resistance and fitness-related plant life history traits.
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- David Comont
- Department of Biointeractions and Crop Protection, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, United Kingdom
- *Correspondence: David Comont,
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, Wellesbourne, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biointeractions and Crop Protection, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biointeractions and Crop Protection, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, United Kingdom
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- Bayer AG, CropScience Division, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Department of Biointeractions and Crop Protection, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, United Kingdom
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Cousens RD, Fournier-Level A. Herbicide resistance costs: what are we actually measuring and why? PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE 2018; 74:1539-1546. [PMID: 29205805 DOI: 10.1002/ps.4819] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2017] [Revised: 11/30/2017] [Accepted: 12/01/2017] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Despite the considerable research efforts invested over the years to measure the fitness costs of herbicide resistance, these have rarely been used to inform a predictive theory about the fate of resistance once the herbicide is discontinued. One reason for this may be the reductive focus on relative fitness of two genotypes as a single measure of differential performance. Although the extent of variation in relative fitness between resistant and susceptible plants has not been assessed consistently, we know enough about plant physiology and ecology not to reduce it to a single fixed value. Research must therefore consider carefully the relevance of the experimental environment, the life stage and the choice of metric when measuring fitness-related traits. The reason most often given for measuring the cost of resistance, prediction of the impacts of management options on population dynamics, cannot be addressed using arbitrary components of fitness or a fixed value of relative fitness. To inform management options, the measurement of traits that capture the relevant processes and the main causes of their variation are required. With an emphasis on the benefit of field experiments measured over multiple time points and seasons, we highlight examples of studies that have made significant advances in this direction. © 2017 Society of Chemical Industry.
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- Roger D Cousens
- School of BioSciences, The University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Kreiner JM, Stinchcombe JR, Wright SI. Population Genomics of Herbicide Resistance: Adaptation via Evolutionary Rescue. ANNUAL REVIEW OF PLANT BIOLOGY 2018; 69:611-635. [PMID: 29140727 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-arplant-042817-040038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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The evolution of herbicide resistance in weed populations is a highly replicated example of adaptation surmounting the race against extinction, but the factors determining its rate and nature remain poorly understood. Here, we explore theory and empirical evidence for the importance of population genetic parameters-including effective population size, dominance, mutational target size, and gene flow-in influencing the probability and mode of herbicide resistance adaptation and its variation across species. We compiled data on the number of resistance mutations across populations for 79 herbicide-resistant species. Our findings are consistent with theoretical predictions that self-fertilization reduces resistance adaptation from standing variation within populations, but increases independent adaptation across populations. Furthermore, we provide evidence for a ploidy-mating system interaction that may reflect trade-offs in polyploids between increased effective population size and greater masking of beneficial mutations. We highlight the power of population genomic approaches to provide insights into the evolutionary dynamics of herbicide resistance with important implications for understanding the limits of adaptation.
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- Julia M Kreiner
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3B2, Canada; , ,
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3B2, Canada; , ,
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He M, Li D, Zhu W, Wu E, Yang L, Wang Y, Waheed A, Zhan J. Slow and temperature-mediated pathogen adaptation to a nonspecific fungicide in agricultural ecosystem. Evol Appl 2018; 11:182-192. [PMID: 29387154 PMCID: PMC5775493 DOI: 10.1111/eva.12526] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2017] [Accepted: 07/18/2017] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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The spread of antimicrobial resistance and global change in air temperature represent two major phenomena that are exerting a disastrous impact on natural and social issues but investigation of the interaction between these phenomena in an evolutionary context is limited. In this study, a statistical genetic approach was used to investigate the evolution of antimicrobial resistance in agricultural ecosystem and its association with local air temperature, precipitation, and UV radiation. We found no resistance to mancozeb, a nonspecific fungicide widely used in agriculture for more than half a century, in 215 Alternaria alternata isolates sampled from geographic locations along a climatic gradient and cropping system representing diverse ecotypes in China, consistent with low resistance risk in many nonspecific fungicides. Genetic variance accounts for ~35% of phenotypic variation, while genotype-environment interaction is negligible, suggesting that heritability plays a more important role in the evolution of resistance to mancozeb in plant pathogens than phenotypic plasticity. We also found that tolerance to mancozeb in agricultural ecosystem is under constraining selection and significantly associated with local air temperature, possibly resulting from a pleiotropic effect of resistance with thermal and other ecological adaptations. The implication of these results for fungicide and other antimicrobial management in the context of global warming is discussed.
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- Meng‐Han He
- State Key Laboratory of Ecological Pest Control for Fujian and Taiwan CropsFujian Agriculture and Forestry UniversityFuzhouChina
- Fujian Key Laboratory of Plant Virology, Institute of Plant VirologyFujian Agriculture and Forestry UniversityFuzhouChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Ecological Pest Control for Fujian and Taiwan CropsFujian Agriculture and Forestry UniversityFuzhouChina
- Fujian Key Laboratory of Plant Virology, Institute of Plant VirologyFujian Agriculture and Forestry UniversityFuzhouChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Ecological Pest Control for Fujian and Taiwan CropsFujian Agriculture and Forestry UniversityFuzhouChina
- Fujian Key Laboratory of Plant Virology, Institute of Plant VirologyFujian Agriculture and Forestry UniversityFuzhouChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Ecological Pest Control for Fujian and Taiwan CropsFujian Agriculture and Forestry UniversityFuzhouChina
- Fujian Key Laboratory of Plant Virology, Institute of Plant VirologyFujian Agriculture and Forestry UniversityFuzhouChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Ecological Pest Control for Fujian and Taiwan CropsFujian Agriculture and Forestry UniversityFuzhouChina
- Fujian Key Laboratory of Plant Virology, Institute of Plant VirologyFujian Agriculture and Forestry UniversityFuzhouChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Ecological Pest Control for Fujian and Taiwan CropsFujian Agriculture and Forestry UniversityFuzhouChina
- Fujian Key Laboratory of Plant Virology, Institute of Plant VirologyFujian Agriculture and Forestry UniversityFuzhouChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Ecological Pest Control for Fujian and Taiwan CropsFujian Agriculture and Forestry UniversityFuzhouChina
- Fujian Key Laboratory of Plant Virology, Institute of Plant VirologyFujian Agriculture and Forestry UniversityFuzhouChina
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- Key Lab for Biopesticide and Chemical BiologyMinistry of EducationFujian Agriculture and Forestry UniversityFuzhouChina
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Han H, Vila-Aiub MM, Jalaludin A, Yu Q, Powles SB. A double EPSPS gene mutation endowing glyphosate resistance shows a remarkably high resistance cost. PLANT, CELL & ENVIRONMENT 2017; 40:3031-3042. [PMID: 28910491 DOI: 10.1111/pce.13067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2017] [Revised: 08/24/2017] [Accepted: 08/28/2017] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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A novel glyphosate resistance double point mutation (T102I/P106S, TIPS) in the 5-enolpyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate synthase (EPSPS) gene has been recently identified for the first time only in the weed species Eleusine indica. Quantification of plant resistance cost associated with the TIPS and the often reported glyphosate resistance single P106S mutation was performed. A significant resistance cost (50% in seed number currency) associated with the homozygous TIPS but not the homozygous P106S EPSPS variant was identified in E. indica plants. The resistance cost associated with the TIPS mutation escalated to 85% in plants under resource competition with rice crops. The resistance cost was not detected in nonhomozygous TIPS plants denoting the recessive nature of the cost associated with the TIPS allele. An excess of 11-fold more shikimate and sixfold more quinate in the shikimate pathway was detected in TIPS plants in the absence of glyphosate treatment compared to wild type, whereas no changes in these compounds were observed in P106S plants when compared to wild type. TIPS plants show altered metabolite levels in several other metabolic pathways that may account for the expression of the observed resistance cost.
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- Heping Han
- Australian Herbicide Resistance Initiative (AHRI)-School of Agriculture and Environment, University of Western Australia (UWA), Perth, Australia
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- Australian Herbicide Resistance Initiative (AHRI)-School of Agriculture and Environment, University of Western Australia (UWA), Perth, Australia
- IFEVA-CONICET-Faculty of Agronomy, Department of Ecology, University of Buenos Aires (UBA), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Australian Herbicide Resistance Initiative (AHRI)-School of Agriculture and Environment, University of Western Australia (UWA), Perth, Australia
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- Australian Herbicide Resistance Initiative (AHRI)-School of Agriculture and Environment, University of Western Australia (UWA), Perth, Australia
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- Australian Herbicide Resistance Initiative (AHRI)-School of Agriculture and Environment, University of Western Australia (UWA), Perth, Australia
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Babineau M, Mathiassen SK, Kristensen M, Kudsk P. Fitness of ALS-Inhibitors Herbicide Resistant Population of Loose Silky Bentgrass ( Apera spica-venti). FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2017; 8:1660. [PMID: 28993787 PMCID: PMC5622297 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2017.01660] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2017] [Accepted: 09/11/2017] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Herbicide resistance is an example of plant evolution caused by an increased reliance on herbicides with few sites of action to manage weed populations. This micro-evolutionary process depends on fitness, therefore the assessment of fitness differences between susceptible and resistant populations are pivotal to establish management strategies. Loose silky bentgrass (Apera spica-venti) is a serious weed in Eastern, Northern, and Central Europe with an increasing number of herbicide resistant populations. This study examined the fitness and growth characteristics of an ALS resistant biotype. Fitness and growth characteristics were estimated by comparing seed germination, biomass, seed yield and time to key growth stages at four crop densities of winter wheat (0, 48, 96, and 192 plants m-2) in a target-neighborhood design. The resistant population germinated 9-20 growing degree days (GDD) earlier than the susceptible population at 10, 16, and 22°C. No differences were observed between resistant and susceptible populations in tiller number, biomass, time to stem elongation, time to first visible inflorescence and seed production. The resistant population reached the inflorescence emergence and flowering stages in less time by 383 and 196 GDD, respectively, at a crop density of 96 winter wheat plants m-2 with no differences registered at other densities. This study did not observe a fitness cost to herbicide resistance, as often hypothesized. Inversely, a correlation between non-target site resistance (NTSR), earlier germination and earlier flowering time which could be interpreted as fitness benefits as these plant characteristics could be exploited by modifying the timing and site of action of herbicide application to better control ALS NTSR populations of A. spica-venti.
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- *Correspondence: Per Kudsk, Marielle Babineau,
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Van Etten ML, Kuester A, Chang SM, Baucom RS. Fitness costs of herbicide resistance across natural populations of the common morning glory, Ipomoea purpurea. Evolution 2016; 70:2199-2210. [PMID: 27470166 DOI: 10.1111/evo.13016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2015] [Revised: 06/23/2016] [Accepted: 07/06/2016] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Although fitness costs associated with plant defensive traits are widely expected, they are not universally detected, calling into question their generality. Here, we examine the potential for life-history trade-offs associated with herbicide resistance by examining seed germination, root growth, and above-ground growth across 43 naturally occurring populations of Ipomoea purpurea that vary in their resistance to RoundUp®, the most commonly used herbicide worldwide. We find evidence for life-history trade-offs associated with all three traits; highly resistant populations had lower germination, shorter roots, and smaller above-ground size. A visual exploration of the data indicated that the type of trade-off may differ among populations. Our results demonstrate that costs of adaptation may be present at stages other than simply the production of progeny in this agricultural weed. Additionally, the cumulative effect of costs at multiple life cycle stages can result in severe consequences to fitness when adapting to novel environments.
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- Megan L Van Etten
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48103.
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48103
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- Plant Biology Department, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, 30602
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48103
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Rostant WG, Kay C, Wedell N, Hosken DJ. Sexual conflict maintains variation at an insecticide resistance locus. BMC Biol 2015; 13:34. [PMID: 26032845 PMCID: PMC4484701 DOI: 10.1186/s12915-015-0143-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2015] [Accepted: 05/15/2015] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Background The maintenance of genetic variation through sexually antagonistic selection is controversial, partly because specific sexually-antagonistic alleles have not been identified. The Drosophila DDT resistance allele (DDT-R) is an exception. This allele increases female fitness, but simultaneously decreases male fitness, and it has been suggested that this sexual antagonism could explain why polymorphism was maintained at the locus prior to DDT use. We tested this possibility using a genetic model and then used evolving fly populations to test model predictions. Results Theory predicted that sexual antagonism is able to maintain genetic variation at this locus, hence explaining why DDT-R did not fix prior to DDT use despite increasing female fitness, and experimentally evolving fly populations verified theoretical predictions. Conclusions This demonstrates that sexually antagonistic selection can maintain genetic variation and explains the DDT-R frequencies observed in nature. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12915-015-0143-3) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Wayne G Rostant
- Centre for Ecology & Conservation, University of Exeter, Cornwall Campus, Tremough, Penryn, TR10 9FE, Cornwall, UK. .,Present address: School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, NR4 7TJ, Norfolk, UK.
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- Department of Biology & Bichemistry, University of Bath, Bath, BA2 7AY, UK.
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- Centre for Ecology & Conservation, University of Exeter, Cornwall Campus, Tremough, Penryn, TR10 9FE, Cornwall, UK.
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- Centre for Ecology & Conservation, University of Exeter, Cornwall Campus, Tremough, Penryn, TR10 9FE, Cornwall, UK.
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