Gene transfer
Transfer of resistance alleles from herbicide-resistant to susceptible grass weeds via pollen-mediated gene flow
This paper reviews the reproductive biology, herbicide-resistant biotypes, pollen-mediated gene flow (PMGF), and potential for transfer of alleles from herbicide-resistant to herbicide-susceptible grass weeds including barnyard grass, creeping bentgrass, Italian ryegrass, Johnson grass, rigid (annual) ryegrass, and wild oats.
Gene flow increases the initial frequency of herbicide resistance alleles in unselected Lolium rigidum populations.
In two different locations of the Western Australian “wheatbelt”, Lolium rigidum (rigid ryegrass) seeds were collected from organic fields (no herbicide use) and neighbouring conventional fields (persistent herbicide use), the latter infested with herbicide-resistant plants, to investigate the occurrence of gene flow among field populations as revealed by herbicide resistance gene transfer.
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