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Buckhorn plantain (Plantago lanceolata) resistant to 2,4-D in Pennsylvania and alternative control options

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 November 2020

Travis R. Russell*
Affiliation:
Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Plant Science, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA
Tim T. Lulis
Affiliation:
Research Technician, Department of Plant Science, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA
Brian A. Aynardi
Affiliation:
Northeast Research Scientist, PBI-Gordon Corp., Shawnee, KS, USA
Kaiyuan T. Tang
Affiliation:
Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Plant Science, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA
John E. Kaminski
Affiliation:
Professor, Department of Plant Science, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA
*
Author for correspondence: Travis R. Russell, Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Plant Science, The Pennsylvania State University, 21 Tyson Building, University Park, PA16802 Email: trr33@psu.edu

Abstract

Buckhorn plantain populations purportedly resistant to 2,4-D were identified in Pennsylvania following long-term, continual applications of the active ingredient to turfgrass. The research objectives of this study were to 1) confirm 2,4-D resistance with dose-response experiments, 2) confirm field resistance of buckhorn plantain to 2,4-D in Pennsylvania, and 3) evaluate alternative herbicides for 2,4-D-resistant buckhorn plantain. Greenhouse dose-response experiments evaluated the sensitivity of buckhorn plantain biotypes that were resistant or susceptible to 2,4-D, and to halauxifen-methyl, two synthetic auxin herbicides from different chemical families. The resistant biotype was ≥11.3 times less sensitive to 2,4-D than the susceptible biotype and required a 2,4-D dosage ≥4.2 times greater than the standard application rate to reach 50% necrosis. No cross-resistance was observed to halauxifen-methyl because both resistant and susceptible populations demonstrated similar herbicide sensitivity. Field experiments confirmed previous reports of ineffectiveness (≤30% reduction) with 2,4-D and other phenoxycarboxylic herbicides in potentially resistant buckhorn plantain biotypes. Treatments containing halauxifen-methyl resulted in a ≥70% reduction in resistant biotypes. This is the first known report of synthetic auxin herbicide resistance in any weed species in Pennsylvania and highlights emerging herbicide resistance challenges in turfgrass systems.

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© The Author(s), 2020. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the Weed Science Society of America

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Footnotes

Associate Editor: Patrick E. McCullough, University of Georgia

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