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Plant Physiology 93:55-61 (1990)
© 1990 American Society of Plant Biologists

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Metabolism and Enzymology

Mechanism of Sulfonylurea Herbicide Resistance in the Broadleaf Weed, Kochia scoparia

Leonard L. Saari, Josephine C. Cotterman and Michael M. Primiani

Agricultural Products Department, E. I. duPont de Nemours & Co., Inc., Wilmington, Delaware 19880-0402

Selection of kochia (Kochia scoparia) biotypes resistant to the sulfonylurea herbicide chlorsulfuron has occurred through the continued use of this herbicide in monoculture cereal-growing areas in the United States. The apparent sulfonylurea resistance observed in kochia was confirmed in greenhouse tests. Fresh and dry weight accumulation in the resistant kochia was 2- to >350-fold higher in the presence of four sulfonylurea herbicides as compared to the susceptible biotype. Acetolactate synthase (ALS) activity isolated from sulfonylurea-resistant kochia was less sensitive to inhibition by three classes of ALS-inhibiting herbicides, sulfonylureas, imidazolinones, and sulfonanilides. The decrease in ALS sensitivity to inhibition (as measured by the ratio of resistant I50 to susceptible I50) was 5- to 28-fold, 2- to 6-fold, and 20-fold for sulfonylurea herbicides, imidazolinone herbicides, and a sulfonanilide herbicide, respectively. No differences were observed in the ALS-specific activities or the rates of [14C]chlorsulfuron uptake, translocation, and metabolism between susceptible and resistant kochia biotypes. The Km values for pyruvate using ALS from susceptible and resistant kochia were 2.13 and 1.74 mM, respectively. Based on these results, the mechanism of sulfonylurea resistance in this kochia biotype is due solely to a less sulfonylurea-sensitive ALS enzyme.






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