The widely successful use of synthetic herbicides over the past 70 years has imposed strong
and widespread selection pressure, leading to the evolution of herbicide resistance in …

Pesticides make indispensable contributions to agricultural productivity. However, the
residues after their excessive use may be harmful to crop production, food safety and human …

One of the most controversial societal issues today, regarding pesticide registration in the
European Union (EU) may be the case surrounding re-registration of the active herbicide …

Herbicide resistant (HR) weeds are of major concern in modern agriculture. This situation is
exacerbated by the massive adoption of herbicide-based technologies along with the …

Uridine diphosphate sugar-utilizing glycosyltransferases (UGTs) are an enzyme superfamily
that catalyzes glycosyl residues transfer from activated nucleotide sugars to acceptor …

BACKGROUND Intensive application of acetolactate synthase (ALS)‐inhibiting herbicides
has resulted in herbicide‐resistance in many weeds, including Bromus sterilis. The present …

Widespread adoption of glyphosate-resistant crops and concomitant reliance on glyphosate
for weed control set an unprecedented stage for the evolution of herbicide-resistant weeds …

Being sessile organisms, plants are exposed to multiple stimuli without possibility for
escape. Therefore, plants have evolved to be able to adapt their developmental and …

There is a rising public concern on accumulation of harmful pesticides in environment and
crops. Epigenetic alteration caused by environmental contaminants is one of the key factors …

There have been previous calls for, and efforts focused on, realizing the power and potential
of weed genomics for better understanding of weeds. Sustained advances in genome …