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GrainGenes Reference Report: PNA-102-17290

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Reference
PNA-102-17290
Title
Glyphosate inhibits rust diseases in glyphosate-resistant wheat and soybean.
Journal
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA
Year
2005
Volume
102
Pages
17290-17295
Author
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Feng PCC
Baley GJ
Clinton WP
Bunkers GJ
Alibhai MF
Paulitz TC
Kidwell KK
Feng PC
Abstract
Glyphosate is a broad-spectrum herbicide used for the control of weeds in glyphosate-resistant crops. Glyphosate inhibits 5-enolpyruvyl shikimate 3-phosphate synthase, a key enzyme in the synthesis of aromatic amino acids in plants, fungi, and bacteria. Studies with glyphosate-resistant wheat have shown that glyphosate provided both preventive and curative activities against Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici and Puccinia triticina, which cause stripe and leaf rusts, respectively, in wheat. Growth-chamber studies demonstrated wheat rust control at multiple plant growth stages with a glyphosate spray dose typically recommended for weed control. Rust control was absent in formulation controls without glyphosate, dependent on systemic glyphos ate concentrations in leaf tissues, and not mediated through induction of four common systemic acquired resistance genes. A field test with endemic stripe rust inoculum confirmed the activities of glyphosate pre- and postinfestation. Preliminary greenhouse studies also demonstrated that application of glyphosate in glyphosate-resistant soybeans suppressed Asian soybean rust, caused by Phakopsora pachyrhizi.

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