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Acta Agronomica Sinica ›› 2019, Vol. 45 ›› Issue (9): 1295-1302.doi: 10.3724/SP.J.1006.2019.93003

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Mechanisms underlying plant resistance to the acetohydroxyacid synthase- inhibiting herbicides

XU Qian-Yu1,LAN Yu2,LIU Jia-Xin2,ZHOU Xin-Yu3,ZHANG Gang3,ZHENG Zhi-Fu1,*()   

  1. 1 School of Agriculture and Food Science, Zhejiang A&F University, Hangzhou 311300, Zhejiang, China;
    2 School of Forestry and Biotechnology, Zhejiang A&F University, Hangzhou 311300, Zhejiang, China;
    3 Wendeng Jiahe Seed Corporation, Ltd., Weihai 264400, Shandong, China
  • Received:2019-01-02 Accepted:2019-05-22 Online:2019-09-12 Published:2019-06-05
  • Contact: Zhi-Fu ZHENG E-mail:zzheng@zafu.edu.cn
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    This study was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31871660)

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Abstract:

The acetohydroxyacid synthase (AHAS)-inhibiting herbicides have been widely used in agricultural industry. However, the herbicides can sometimes cause phytotoxicity for those crops susceptible to them. Thus, it is important to create a series of new crop varieties resistant to different types of herbicides. This review presents our current understanding about the categories and characteristics of the AHAS-inhibiting herbicides, the properties of their respective target enzymes and their roles in the synthesis of branched chain amino acids, and the mechanisms underlying two types of plant resistance to the herbicides (namely, target- and non-target-site-based resistance), as well as our perspectives on the future trends in these research areas, which is expected to promote the research and development of herbicide-resistant crops.

Key words: acetohydroxyacid synthase, herbicide, target-site-based resistance, non-target-site-based resistance

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