Heritability of Terbacil Herbicide Tolerance in Strawberry

Chlorophyll Fluorescence: A Novel Method to Screen for Herbicide Resistance

The susceptibility to Terbacil of six randomly selected strawberry cultivars (‘Aromas’, ‘Chambly’, ‘Harmonie’, ‘Kent’, ‘La Clé des Champs’ and ‘Seascape’) was analysed using chlorophyll florescence (CF) in comparison with visual observation, in an attempt to develop a method for use in a breeding programme to select herbicide-resistant strawberry lines. Terbacil was applied at one of five rates...

Cytochromes P450 for engineering herbicide tolerance.

In recent years, genome sequencing has revealed that cytochromes P450 (P450s) constitute the largest family of enzymatic proteins in higher plants. P450s are mono-oxygenases that insert one atom of oxygen into inert hydrophobic molecules to make them more reactive and hydrosoluble. Besides their physiological functions in the biosynthesis of hormones, lipids and secondary metabolites, P450s hel...

Potential roles for microbial endophytes in herbicide tolerance in plants

Herbicide tolerance in crops and weeds is considered to be monotrophic, i.e. determined by the relative susceptibility of the physiological process targeted and the plant's ability to metabolise and detoxify the agrochemical. A growing body of evidence now suggests that endophytes, microbes that inhabit plant tissues and provide a range of growth, health and defence enhancements, can contribute...

Heritability of Cold Tolerance (Winter Hardiness) in Gladiolus xgrandiflorus

chlorophyll fluorescence: a novel method to screen for herbicide resistance

the susceptibility to terbacil of six randomly selected strawberry cultivars (‘aromas’, ‘chambly’, ‘harmonie’, ‘kent’, ‘la clé des champs’ and ‘seascape’) was analysed using chlorophyll florescence (cf) in comparison with visual observation, in an attempt to develop a method for use in a breeding programme to select herbicide-resistant strawberry lines. terbacil was applied at one of five rates...