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22 September 2015 Multiple herbicide-resistant wild radish (Raphanus raphanistrum) populations dominate Western Australian cropping fields
Mechelle J. Owen, Neree J. Martinez, Stephen B. Powles
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Abstract

Raphanus raphanistrum is a problematic weed, which has become increasingly difficult to control in Australian cropping regions. In 2010, a random survey was conducted across 14 million ha of the Western Australian grain belt to establish the frequency of herbicide resistance in R. raphanistrum and to monitor the change in resistance levels by comparing results with a previous survey in 2003. Screening R. raphanistrum populations with herbicides commonly used to control this weed revealed that most populations (84%) contained individual plants resistant to the acetolactate synthase-inhibiting herbicide chlorsulfuron, whereas 49% of populations also had plants resistant to the imidazolinone herbicides. Resistance to other mode of action herbicides (2,4-D (76%) and diflufenican (49%)) was also common. Glyphosate, atrazine and pyrasulfotole bromoxynil remained effective on most R. raphanistrum populations. These results demonstrate that resistance to some herbicides has increased significantly since 2003 when the values were 54% for chlorsulfuron and 60% for 2,4-D; therefore, a wide range of weed management options that target all phases of the cropping program are needed to sustain these cropping systems in the future.

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Mechelle J. Owen, Neree J. Martinez, and Stephen B. Powles "Multiple herbicide-resistant wild radish (Raphanus raphanistrum) populations dominate Western Australian cropping fields," Crop and Pasture Science 66(10), 1079-1085, (22 September 2015). https://doi.org/10.1071/CP15063
Received: 20 February 2015; Accepted: 1 May 2015; Published: 22 September 2015
KEYWORDS
2,4-D
chlorsulfuron
diflufenican
resistance evolution
resistance survey
weeds
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