Agricultural Reviews

  • Chief EditorPradeep K. Sharma

  • Print ISSN 0253-1496

  • Online ISSN 0976-0741

  • NAAS Rating 4.84

Frequency :
Quarterly (March, June, September & December)
Indexing Services :
AGRICOLA, Google Scholar, CrossRef, CAB Abstracting Journals, Chemical Abstracts, Indian Science Abstracts, EBSCO Indexing Services, Index Copernicus
Agricultural Reviews, volume 23 issue 3 (september 2002) : 208 - 213

HERBICIDE RESISTANCE IN CROP PLANTS - A REVIEW

O.S. Kandasamy, C. Chinnusamy, T. Chitdeshwari
1AICRP on Weed Control, Department of Agronomy, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore - 641 003, India
  • Submitted|

  • First Online |

  • doi

Cite article:- Kandasamy O.S., Chinnusamy C., Chitdeshwari T. (2024). HERBICIDE RESISTANCE IN CROP PLANTS - A REVIEW. Agricultural Reviews. 23(3): 208 - 213. doi: .
Herbicidal weed management using selective herbicides is a well-established necessity in modern agricultural practice. In the recent years, the demand for environmental safety has made it necessary to develop less toxic and selective compounds. However, only a very few of the available compounds fulfill the ideal requirements of a truly selective herbicide in controlling all plants except cultivated crops. Hence, the development of herbicide resistance could provide many advantages like lesser persistence in the environment and damage to offsite targets and increased production options to the growers. Therefore, efforts are being made to generate and develop herbicide resistant crops. Biochemical mechanisms of herbicide resistance like variation in herbicide uptake, translocation, compartmentation and metabolic detoxification as well as the changes in biochemical reactions like oxidation, reduction, hydrolysis and conjugation are also discussed, Herbicide resistant variants can be selected by traditional plant breeding techniques and by biotechnological methods like cell and tissue culture selection, hybridisation microspore and seed mutagenesis. Transfer of isolated herbicide resistance genes in to certain plants and manipulation of crop tolerance to herbicide with safners are also discussed. Before commercialization of specific herbicide-tolerant crops, factors such as potential loss in vigour and yield, herbicide. performance, crop and chemical registration costs, potential for out-crossing to weed species and crop itself becoming weed and property rights issues must be carefully considered.
    1. Bright, S.w.J. (1992): In: "Biosynthesis and Molecular Regulation of Amino Acids in Plants" (Singh B.K., et ai, eds'.), Am. Soc. Plant Physiol., Rockville, MD. pp.I84-194.
    2. Chaleff, RS. (1988). In: "Application of Plant Cell and Tissue Culture", Ciba Found. Symp. 137, Wiley, pp 3-20.
    3. Christianson, M.L. (1991). Weed Sci. 39: 489-496.
    4. Coupland, D. (1991). In: "Herbicide Resistance in Plants: Biology and Biochemistry" (Caseley, J.C., etaJ., 005.) pp. 263-278.
    5. Devine, M. et al (1993 a). In: "Physiology of Herbicide Action". Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ pp. 141-169.
    6. Devine, M.D. etal (1993 b). Pestic. Biochem. Physiol45: 167-177.
    7. Fedtke, C.(1991). Pesticide Sci. 31:175·~83.
    8. Gressel, J. (1993). Plant Breed Rev. 11: 155-198.
    9. Hatzios, KK (1997). In: "Weed and Crop Resistance to Herbicides" (De Prado, R et ai, eds.) pp. 229 -237.
    10. Hatzios, KK and Penner, D. (1982). Metabolism of Herbicides in Higher Plants. Burgess, Minneapolis pp. 264 - 275..
    11. Holt, J.S. and LeBaron, H.M. (1990). Weed Technol4: 141 -149.
    12. Holt, J.S. et al (1993). Annu. Rev. Plant PhysioJ,. Mol. Bioi 44: 203- 229.
    13. Kishore, G.M. and Shah, D.M. (1988). Annu. Rev. Biochem 5: 627-663.
    14. Lamoureux, G.L. and Rusness, D.G. (1981). In: "Sulfur in Pesticide Action and Metabolism" (Rosen J.D., et ai, eds. ,) ACS Symp. Ser.158. Am. Chem. Soc., Washington, DC. pp.133.
    15. Loos, M.A. (1975). In: "Herbicides: Chemistry, Degradation, and Mode of Action" (Kearney P.c. and Kaufman D.o., eds.) vol.2, Dekker, New York. pp 1.
    16. Mallory Smith, C.A. et aL (1993). Hort Sci. 28: 63-64.
    17. Powles, S.B. and Howat, p.o. (1990). Weed Technol 4: 178- 185.
    18. Shimabukuro, RH. (1985). In: "Weed Physiology" (Duke 5.0., eds.), Vol.lI, CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL pp. 215 - 240.
    19. Stegink, S.J. and Vaughn, KC. (1988). Pestie. Biochem. Physiol 31: 269-275.
    20. Warwick, 5.1. (1991). Ann. Rev. Ecol Syst. 22: 95 - 114. .
    21. Yoder, J.l. and Goldsbrough, A.P. (1994). Biotechnology 12: 263 - 2f:,7

    Editorial Board

    View all (0)