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Herbicide cycling has diverse effects on evolution of resistance in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

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Lagator, Mato, Vogwill, Tom, Colegrave, Nick and Neve, Paul (2012) Herbicide cycling has diverse effects on evolution of resistance in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Evolutionary Applications, Vol.6 (No.2). pp. 197-206. doi:10.1111/j.1752-4571.2012.00276.x

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Abstract

Cycling pesticides has been proposed as a means of retarding the evolution of resistance, but its efficacy has rarely been empirically tested. We evolved populations of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii in the presence of three herbicides: atrazine, glyphosate and carbetamide. Populations were exposed to a weekly, biweekly and triweekly cycling between all three pairwise combinations of herbicides and continuously to each of the three herbicides. We explored the impacts of herbicide cycling on the rate of resistance evolution, the level of resistance selected, the cost of resistance and the degree of generality (cross-resistance) observed. Herbicide cycling resulted in a diversity of outcomes: preventing evolution of resistance for some combinations of herbicides, having no impacts for others and increasing rates of resistance evolution in some instances. Weekly cycling of atrazine and carbetamide resulted in selection of a generalist population. This population had a higher level of resistance, and this generalist resistance was associated with a cost. The level of resistance selected did not vary amongst other regimes. Costs of resistance were generally highest when cycling was more frequent. Our data suggest that the effects of herbicide cycling on the evolution of resistance may be more complex and less favourable than generally assumed.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: S Agriculture > SB Plant culture
Divisions: Faculty of Science > Life Sciences (2010- )
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Chlamydomonas reinhardtii -- Effect of herbicides on, Herbicide resistance, Herbicides -- Application
Journal or Publication Title: Evolutionary Applications
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing
ISSN: 1752-4571
Official Date: June 2012
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June 2012Published
Volume: Vol.6
Number: No.2
Page Range: pp. 197-206
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-4571.2012.00276.x
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Open Access
Funder: Leverhulme Trust (LT)

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