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1 January 2019 Glyphosate- and Dicamba-Resistant Genes are Not Linked in Kochia (Bassia scoparia)
Junjun Ou, Allan K. Fritz, Phillip W. Stahlman, Randall S. Currie, Mithila Jugulam
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Abstract

Kochia [Bassia scoparia (L.) A. J. Scott] is one of the most troublesome weeds throughout the North American Great Plains. Herbicides such as glyphosate and dicamba have been used widely to control B. scoparia for decades. However, many B. scoparia populations have evolved resistance to these herbicides due to selection. Especially, dicamba-resistant B. scoparia populations are often also found to be glyphosate-resistant. The objective of this research was to determine whether these two herbicide resistances are linked in B. scoparia. Reciprocal crosses were performed between glyphosate- and dicamba-resistant (GDR) and glyphosate- and dicamba-susceptible (GDS) B. scoparia to produce F1 and F2 progeny. Two F1 and seven F2 progeny families were screened with various doses of dicamba or glyphosate. All the F1 progeny survived both dicamba and glyphosate treatments. Chi-square analyses of F2 progeny suggest (1) glyphosate and dicamba resistances in B. scoparia are inherited via single, dominant nuclear genes; and (2) glyphosate- and dicamba-resistant genes are not linked. Thus, the dicamba and glyphosate resistances appear to have evolved independently due to intense selection but do not seem to spread together.

© Weed Science Society of America, 2018.
Junjun Ou, Allan K. Fritz, Phillip W. Stahlman, Randall S. Currie, and Mithila Jugulam "Glyphosate- and Dicamba-Resistant Genes are Not Linked in Kochia (Bassia scoparia)," Weed Science 67(1), 16-21, (1 January 2019). https://doi.org/10.1017/wsc.2018.78
Received: 3 July 2018; Accepted: 11 September 2018; Published: 1 January 2019
KEYWORDS
inheritance
LINKAGE
resistance
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