Journal
JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY
Volume 71, Issue 15, Pages 6014-6022Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.3c00196
Keywords
palmer amaranth; S-metolachlor; herbicide resistance; metabolism; very-long-chain fatty acids
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A weed called Palmer amaranth in Arkansas, USA has developed resistance to the herbicide S-metolachlor. In this study, researchers investigated the effects of two inhibitors, malathion and NBD-Cl, on the resistant biotype. The resistant biotype showed greater inhibition of root elongation when treated with a combination of NBD-Cl and S-metolachlor compared to treatment with S-metolachlor alone. Metabolites of S-metolachlor were also produced at higher levels in the resistant biotype.
A Palmer amaranth (Amaranthus palmeri S. Wats.) biotype resistant to S-metolachlor was confirmed from crop fields in Arkansas, USA. This study investigated the metabolic effects of malathion (cytochrome P450 inhibitor) and 4-chloro-7-nitrobenzofurazan [NBD-Cl; glutathione S-transferase inhibitor] on the S-metolachlor-resistant A. palmeri biotype. Root elongation of the resistant biotype was 20% more inhibited by treatment of NBD-Cl (50 nM) and S-metolachlor (2 mu M) in mixture than by treatment of S-metolachlor alone. Metabolites of S-metolachlor were 1.4-12.1 times greater produced in the resistant biotype for 7 d than in the susceptible standard. Production of cerotic acid, one of the very-long-chain fatty acids containing 26 carbons, was more reduced in the susceptible standard (3.8-fold) than in the resistant biotype (1.8-fold) by S-metolachlor treatment. Conclusively, evolution of S-metolachlor resistance observed in this study was likely associated with improved activity of glutathione S-transferases. Further studies are needed to genetically evaluate plant endogenous enzymes involving cerotic acid production.
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