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14 February 2022 Cross-Resistance to Photosystem II Inhibitors Observed in Target Site–Resistant But Not in Non–Target Site Resistant Common Ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia)
Martin Laforest, Marie-Josée Simard, Sydney Meloche, Lydia Maheux, François Tardif, Eric Page
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Abstract

The full spectrum of herbicide resistance in a weed can vary according to the mechanistic basis and cannot be implied from the selective pressure. Common ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia L.) is an important weed species of horticultural crops that has developed resistance to linuron based on either target site– or non–target site resistance mechanisms. The objective of the study is to characterize the cross-resistance to metribuzin of linuron-selected biotypes of A. artemisiifolia with target site– and non–target site resistance and determine its genetic basis. Crosses were made between two types of linuron-resistant biotype and a linuron-susceptible biotype, and the progeny were further backcrossed with susceptible plants to the third backcross (BC3) generation to determine their responses to both herbicides compared with parental lines. The target site–based linuron-resistant biotype was cross-resistant to metribuzin, and resistance to both herbicides was maintained at the same level in the BC3 line. In contrast, the linuron-selected biotype with a non–target site resistance mechanism was not cross-resistant to metribuzin. In addition, the BC3 lines deriving from the non–target site resistant parents had very low-level resistance. While the target site–resistance trait is maintained through multiple crosses, non–target site based resistance would be lost over time when selection is absent or insufficient to retain all genes involved in resistance as a complex trait. This would imply A. artemisiifolia biotypes with different mechanisms would need to be managed differently over time.

© Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada, as represented by the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, 2022. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the Weed Science Society of America.
Martin Laforest, Marie-Josée Simard, Sydney Meloche, Lydia Maheux, François Tardif, and Eric Page "Cross-Resistance to Photosystem II Inhibitors Observed in Target Site–Resistant But Not in Non–Target Site Resistant Common Ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia)," Weed Science 70(2), 144-150, (14 February 2022). https://doi.org/10.1017/wsc.2021.78
Received: 24 September 2021; Accepted: 6 December 2021; Published: 14 February 2022
KEYWORDS
linuron
metribuzin
non–target site resistance
target-site resistance
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