First case of evolved herbicide resistance in the holoparasite sunflower broomrape, Orobanche cumana Wallr.
Shiv Shankhar Kaundun,
Alberto Martin-Sanz,
Maribel Rodríguez
et al.
Abstract:The development and commercialisation of sunflower varieties tolerant to acetolactate synthase (ALS)-inhibiting herbicides some 20 years ago provided farmers with an alternative method for the cost-effective control of Orobanche cumana. In 2020, however, two independent sunflower broomrape populations from Drama (GR-DRA) and Orestiada (GR-ORE), Greece, were reported to be heavily infested with O. cumana after application of the ALS-inhibiting herbicide imazamox. Here we have investigated the race of GR-DRA and… Show more
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