Year: 2013
Type: article
Abstract: Synthetic herbicides have been used globally to control weeds in major field crops. This has imposed a strong selection for any trait that enables plant populations to survive and reproduce in the presence of the herbicide. Herbicide resistance in weeds must be minimized because it is a major limiting factor to food security in global agriculture. This represents a huge challenge that will require great research efforts to develop control strategies as alternatives to the dominant and almost exclusive practice of weed control by herbicides. Weed scientists, plant ecologists and evolutionary biologists should join forces and work towards an improved and more integrated understanding of resistance across all scales. This approach will likely facilitate the design of innovative solutions to the global herbicide resistance challenge.
Source: Evolutionary Applications
DOI: 10.1111/eva.12098
Institutions: The University of Western Australia, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Agricultural Plant Physiology and Ecology Research Institute, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Saskatoon Research and Development Centre, Syngenta (United Kingdom), University of Warwick, Colorado State University, University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service - Plains Area, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, University of Illinois System, Dow Agrosciences (United States)
Language: English
Subfield: Plant Science
Domain: Life Sciences
SDG: Zero hunger
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $4,320
Funder: Bayer CropScience
OpenAlex ID: W2083149477