Background: Before 2010, Amaranthus tuberculatus (Moq.) J. D. Sauer was barely known to farmers and stakeholders in Italy. Since then, several populations resistant to acetolactate synthase (ALS)-inhibiting herbicides have been collected. In most populations, a known target site resistance-endowing mutation was found, a Trp to Leu substitution at position 574 of the ALS gene, but it was unclear whether they had evolved resistance independently or not. The aims of the work were (i) to elucidate the population structure of Italian ALS-resistant A. tuberculatus populations, and (ii) to analyze the ALS haplotypes of the various populations to determine whether resistance arose multiple times independently. Results: In order to determine the population structure of eight A. tuberculatus populations, eight previously described microsatellite loci were used. Two ancestors were found: three populations derived from one, and five from the other. In the 4-kb ALS region of the genome, including the 2-kb coding region, 389 single nucleotide polymorphisms were found. In silico haplotype estimation was used to reconstruct the sequence of three distinct haplotypes carrying the Trp574Leu mutation. In addition, no mutation was found in 83% of plants of a single population. Conclusions: (i) Resistance must have arisen independently at least three times; (ii) at least one population was already resistant to ALS inhibitors when introduced in Italy; (iii) a single haplotype with a Trp574Leu mutation was shared among six populations, probably because of broad seed dispersal; and (iv) one population likely evolved nontarget site ALS inhibitors resistance.

Milani, A.; Lutz, U.; Galla, G.; Scarabel, L.; Weigel, D.; Sattin, M. (2021). Population structure and evolution of resistance to acetolactate synthase (ALS)-inhibitors in Amaranthus tuberculatus in Italy. PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE, 77 (6): 2971-2980. doi: 10.1002/ps.6336 handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10449/67728

Population structure and evolution of resistance to acetolactate synthase (ALS)-inhibitors in Amaranthus tuberculatus in Italy

Galla, G.;
2021-01-01

Abstract

Background: Before 2010, Amaranthus tuberculatus (Moq.) J. D. Sauer was barely known to farmers and stakeholders in Italy. Since then, several populations resistant to acetolactate synthase (ALS)-inhibiting herbicides have been collected. In most populations, a known target site resistance-endowing mutation was found, a Trp to Leu substitution at position 574 of the ALS gene, but it was unclear whether they had evolved resistance independently or not. The aims of the work were (i) to elucidate the population structure of Italian ALS-resistant A. tuberculatus populations, and (ii) to analyze the ALS haplotypes of the various populations to determine whether resistance arose multiple times independently. Results: In order to determine the population structure of eight A. tuberculatus populations, eight previously described microsatellite loci were used. Two ancestors were found: three populations derived from one, and five from the other. In the 4-kb ALS region of the genome, including the 2-kb coding region, 389 single nucleotide polymorphisms were found. In silico haplotype estimation was used to reconstruct the sequence of three distinct haplotypes carrying the Trp574Leu mutation. In addition, no mutation was found in 83% of plants of a single population. Conclusions: (i) Resistance must have arisen independently at least three times; (ii) at least one population was already resistant to ALS inhibitors when introduced in Italy; (iii) a single haplotype with a Trp574Leu mutation was shared among six populations, probably because of broad seed dispersal; and (iv) one population likely evolved nontarget site ALS inhibitors resistance.
Waterhemp
Evolution
Haplotype analysis
Point mutations
Resistance management
Resistance spread
Settore AGR/07 - GENETICA AGRARIA
2021
Milani, A.; Lutz, U.; Galla, G.; Scarabel, L.; Weigel, D.; Sattin, M. (2021). Population structure and evolution of resistance to acetolactate synthase (ALS)-inhibitors in Amaranthus tuberculatus in Italy. PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE, 77 (6): 2971-2980. doi: 10.1002/ps.6336 handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10449/67728
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