Evolution of generalist resistance to herbicide mixtures reveals a trade-off in resistance management

oleh: David Comont, Claudia Lowe, Richard Hull, Laura Crook, Helen L. Hicks, Nawaporn Onkokesung, Roland Beffa, Dylan Z. Childs, Robert Edwards, Robert P. Freckleton, Paul Neve

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2020-06-01

Deskripsi

Mixtures of antibiotics or pesticides can help reduce the evolution of resistance to individual compounds. Here, Comont et al. show that in blackgrass, an important agricultural weed, herbicide mixtures do reduce specialized resistance but instead can select for a generalized resistance mechanism.