Managing herbicide resistance in weeds from use of herbicide tolerant crops
Christopher Preston and Mary A. Rieger, CRC for Weed Management Systems and Department of Applied and Molecular Ecology, Waite Campus, University of Adelaide, PMB 1, Glen Osmond, South Australia 5064, Australia.
Summary
While a number of transgenic crops proposed for introduction into Australia have transgenic herbicide tolerance as one trait, not all herbicide-tolerant crop varieties to be introduced into the Australian farming system were produced through the use of genetic engineering techniques. All herbicide-tolerant crop varieties, regardless of how they were produced, will have an impact on the management of existing herbicide-resistant weed populations and on the potential for further resistance evolution in weeds. The herbicide tolerances most likely to be introduced and the implications for resistance management are discussed.
Plant Protection Quarterly (2000) 15 (2) 77-79.