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ALS-Inhibiting Herbicide Seed Treatments Control Striga hermonthica in ALS-Modified Corn (Zea mays)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

Dana K. Berner
Affiliation:
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, P.M.B. 5320, Oyo Road, Ibadan, Nigeria
Felix O. Ikie
Affiliation:
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, P.M.B. 5320, Oyo Road, Ibadan, Nigeria
Jerry M. Green
Affiliation:
Stine-Haskell Research Center, Bldg. 210, DuPont Agricultural Products, Newark, DE 19714, USA

Abstract

Seed treatments with two acetolactate synthase (ALS)-inhibiting herbicides, the sulfonylurea herbicide nicosulfuron and the imidazolinone herbicide imazaquin, controlled the parasitic weed Striga hermonthica in corn. The XA-17 gene in ALS-modified P3180IR corn strongly reduced corn injury from herbicide seed treatments while another ALS modification was not effective. Combining seed treatment of ALS-inhibiting herbicides and ALS-modified corn with the XA-17 gene may offer a practical means for African growers to control Striga hermonthica.

Type
Research
Copyright
Copyright © 1997 by the Weed Science Society of America 

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