Expanding the eco-evolutionary context of herbicide resistance research

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Neve, P., Busi, R., Renton, M. and Vila-Aiub, M. M. 2014. Expanding the eco-evolutionary context of herbicide resistance research. Pest Management Science. 70 (9), pp. 1385-1393. https://doi.org/10.1002/ps.3757

AuthorsNeve, P., Busi, R., Renton, M. and Vila-Aiub, M. M.
Abstract

The potential for human-driven evolution in economically and environmentally important organisms in medicine, agriculture and conservation management is now widely recognised. The evolution of herbicide resistance in weeds is a classic example of rapid adaptation in the face of human-mediated selection. Management strategies that aim to slow or prevent the evolution of herbicide resistance must be informed by an understanding of the ecological and evolutionary factors that drive selection in weed populations. Here, we argue for a greater focus on the ultimate causes of selection for resistance in herbicide resistance studies. The emerging fields of eco-evolutionary dynamics and applied evolutionary biology offer a means to achieve this goal and to consider herbicide resistance in a broader and sometimes novel context. Four relevant research questions are presented, which examine (i) the impact of herbicide dose on selection for resistance, (ii) plant fitness in herbicide resistance studies, (iii) the efficacy of herbicide rotations and mixtures and (iv) the impacts of gene flow on resistance evolution and spread. In all cases, fundamental ecology and evolution have the potential to offer new insights into herbicide resistance evolution and management. (C) 2014 Society of Chemical Industry

KeywordsAgronomy; Entomology
Year of Publication2014
JournalPest Management Science
Journal citation70 (9), pp. 1385-1393
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1002/ps.3757
PubMed ID24723489
Open accessPublished as non-open access
FunderGrains Research and Development Corporation of Australia
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
Leverhulme Trust
PublisherWiley
ISSN1526-498X

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