RIGID RYEGRASS (Lolium rigidum) with GROUP G/9 resistance: (INHIBITION OF ENOLPYRUVYL SHIKIMATE PHOSPHATE SYNTHASE ) Inhibition of EPSP synthase
MUTATION: PROLINE 106 to THREONINE
Rigid Ryegrass (Lolium rigidum) is a monocot plant in the poaceae family. A single amino acid substitution from Proline 106 to Threonine has led to resistance to Inhibition of Enolpyruvyl Shikimate Phosphate Synthase as indicated in the table below.		Rigid Ryegrass

Chemical Family	Example Herbicide	Resistance Level
Glycines	glyphosate	Intermediate Resistance < 10 fold

REFERENCES

Bostamam, Y. ; Malone, J. M. ; Dolman, F. C. ; Boutsalis, P. ; Preston, C.. 2012. Rigid ryegrass (Lolium rigidum) populations containing a target site mutation in EPSPS and reduced glyphosate translocation are more resistant to glyphosate. Weed Science 60 : 474 - 479.

Glyphosate is widely used for weed control in the grape growing industry in southern Australia. The intensive use of glyphosate in this industry has resulted in the evolution of glyphosate resistance in rigid ryegrass. Two populations of rigid ryegrass from vineyards, SLR80 and SLR88, had 6- to 11-fold resistance to glyphosate in dose-response studies. These resistance levels were higher than two previously well-characterized glyphosate-resistant populations of rigid ryegrass (SLR77 and NLR70), containing a modified target site or reduced translocation, respectively. Populations SLR80 and SLR88 accumulated less glyphosate, 12 and 17% of absorbed glyphosate, in the shoot in the resistant populations compared with 26% in the susceptible population. In addition, a mutation within the target enzyme 5-enolpyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate synthase (EPSPS) where Pro₁₀₆ had been substituted by either serine or threonine was identified. These two populations are more highly resistant to glyphosate as a consequence of expressing two different resistance mechanisms concurrently..

Wakelin, A. M. ; Preston, C.. 2006. A target-site mutation is present in a glyphosate-resistant Lolium rigidum population. Weed Research (Oxford) 46 : 432 - 440.

Annual ryegrass (Lolium rigidum) is the only weed species to have evolved resistance to the broad-spectrum herbicide glyphosate in Australia. A population that had failed to be controlled by glyphosate was collected from a vineyard in the Adelaide Hills region of South Australia. Dose-response experiments on this population (SLR 77) showed that it was glyphosate resistant, with an LD₅₀ that was 1.9-3.4 times higher than that of a susceptible population (VLR 1). The movement of radiolabelled glyphosate within SLR 77 plants showed that this population did not have the differential glyphosate translocation mechanism of resistance common to several other Australian glyphosate-resistant populations. Subsequent analysis of shikimic acid accumulation within the plant after glyphosate treatment showed that this population accumulated significantly less shikimic acid than a susceptible population, but more than a glyphosate-resistant population with the translocation mechanism, indicating the possible involvement of another mechanism of resistance. Sequencing of a portion of the SLR 77 5-enolpyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate synthase gene was carried out and a mutation causing an amino acid change at position 106 from proline to threonine was identified. This mutation is likely to be responsible for glyphosate resistance in this population, as mutations in this position have been found to be responsible for glyphosate resistance in goosegrass (Eleusine indica) from Malaysia. This paper represents the first report of target-site glyphosate resistance in L. rigidum and provides evidence that this species has at least two mechanisms of glyphosate resistance present in Australia..

This case was entered by Todd Gaines Email: todd.gaines@colostate.edu

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