The 'Group' letters/numbers that you see throughout this web site refer to the classification of herbicides by their site of action. To see a full list of herbicides and HRAC herbicide classifications click here.
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NOTES ABOUT THIS BIOTYPE
Mechant E (2011). Metamitron resistant Chenopodium album: characterisation, detection and distribution in Belgian sugar beet. PhD thesis, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium. 245 pages.
The original case of Group C1 resistance in CHEAL was to the triazine herbicide atrazine in 1978 (mutation at Ser264 on psbA, triazine-specific resistance). This thesis reports resistance to CHEAL resistance to metamitron, metribuzin, herbicides in the triazinones family.
Year and location seed was collected: 2005, North of France. The type of tests that were done: dose response + target-site sequencing The crop(s) that it was found in: Sugar beet.
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