Hostname: page-component-76fb5796d-zzh7m Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-04-25T18:49:27.476Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false

Selection of Glyphosate-Resistant Annual Bluegrass (Poa annua) on a Golf Course

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Kenton M. Binkholder
Affiliation:
Division of Plant Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211
Brad S. Fresenburg
Affiliation:
Division of Plant Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211
Travis C. Teuton
Affiliation:
Division of Plant Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211
Xi Xiong
Affiliation:
Division of Plant Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211
Reid J. Smeda*
Affiliation:
Division of Plant Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211
*
Corresponding author's E-mail: smedar@missouri.edu

Abstract

Annual bluegrass is a pervasive weed on golf courses in the Transition Zone of the United States and is difficult to selectively remove. For years, superintendents have applied glyphosate on dormant zoysiagrass to remove cool-season weeds. In 2007, a population of annual bluegrass in Columbia, MO, was not controlled with glyphosate after more than 10 yr of continuous applications. Greenhouse studies were established to compare the response of suspect glyphosate-resistant (CCMO1) and -susceptible annual bluegrass to glyphosate. Seedling plants were treated with glyphosate from 0 to 6.27 kg ae ha−1. At 21 d after treatment, reductions in biomass for susceptible annual bluegrass reached a maximum at glyphosate rates of 0.78 kg ha−1 or higher. Comparatively, the biomass of CCMO1 plants was only reduced by 50% at 0.78 kg ha−1, and reductions did not exceed 60% at rates up to 6.27 kg ha−1, which is eight times the labeled rate. At rates necessary to reduce plant dry weights by 50%, the resistance factor (RF) for CCMO1 was 5.2. Twenty-one days following biomass assessment, regrowth of plants was non-existent on susceptible plants at 0.78 kg ha−1 glyphosate or above, but CCMO1 plants reached 1.7 cm regrowth at the 6.27 kg ha−1 rate. Based on the regrowth, the RF for CCMO1 was 5.2. Results indicate a new species has been identified with resistance to glyphosate, and this represents the first report of glyphosate resistance in turfgrass.

Type
Physiology, Chemistry, and Biochemistry
Copyright
Copyright © Weed Science Society of America 

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

Footnotes

Current address: 4121 NE 112th Lane, Anthony, FL 32617.

References

Literature Cited

Baerson, S. R., Rodriquez, D. J., Tran, M., Feng, Y., Biest, N. A., and Dill, G. M. 2002. Glyphosate-resistant goosegrass: identification of a mutation in the target enzyme 5-enolpyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate synthase. Plant Physiol. 129:12651275.Google Scholar
Christians, N. E. 2007. Fundamentals of Turfgrass Management. 3rd ed. Hoboken, NJ John Wiley & Sons. 37 p.Google Scholar
Hanson, B. D. and Mallory-Smith, C. A. 2000. Diuron-resistant Poa annua is resistant to norflurazon. Weed Sci. 48:666668.Google Scholar
Heap, I. M. 2010. International Survey of Herbicide Resistant Weeds. www.weedscience.org. Accessed: September 7, 2010.Google Scholar
Isgrigg, J., Yelverton, F. H., Brownie, C., and Warren, L. S. 2002. Dinitroaniline resistant annual bluegrass in North Carolina. Weed Sci. 50:8690.Google Scholar
Kelly, S. T., Coats, G. E., and Luthe, D. S. 1999. Mode of resistance of triazine-resistant annual bluegrass (Poa annua). Weed Technol. 13:747752.Google Scholar
Lush, W. M. 1989. Adaptation and differentiation of golf course populations of annual bluegrass (Poa annua). Weed Sci. 37:5459.Google Scholar
McCarty, B. 2008. For successful control, know your Poa annua . Golf Course Management. 76:111115.Google Scholar
Monsanto. 2010. Roundup Pro product label. St. Louis, MO Monsanto Company.Google Scholar
Powles, S. B., Lorraine-Colwell, D. F., Dellow, J. J., and Preston, C. 1998. Evolved resistance to glyphosate in rigid ryegrass (Lolium rigidum) in Australia. Weed Sci. 46:604607.Google Scholar
Pratley, J., Urwin, N., Stanton, R., Baines, P., Broster, J., Cullis, K., Schafer, D., Bohn, J., and Krueger, R. 1999. Resistance to glyphosate in Lolium rigidum. I. bioevalution. Weed Sci. 47:405411.Google Scholar
SAS. 2010. Version 9.2. Cary, NC SAS Institute Inc.Google Scholar
Seefeldt, S. S., Jensen, J. E., and Fuerst, E. P. 1995. Log-logistic analysis of herbicide dose-response relationships. Weed Technol. 9:218227.Google Scholar
Vargas, J. M. Jr. and Turgeon, A. J. 2004. Poa annua: Physiology, Culture, and Control of Annual Bluegrass. Hoboken, NJ John Wiley & Sons. 184 p.Google Scholar
Velsor, S. T., Dunn, J. H., and Minner, D. D. 1989. Phytotoxicity of herbicide applications to apparently dormant zoysiagrass. Pages 291293 in Proceedings of the Sixth International Turfgrass Research Conference, Toyko, Japan (Japanese Soc. Turfgrass Science and International Turfgrass Soc., publisher).Google Scholar
Vila-Aiub, M. M., Balbi, M. C., Gundel, P. E., Ghersa, C. M., and Powles, S. B. 2007. Evolution of glyphosate-resistant johnsongrass (Sorghum halepense) in glyphosate-resistant soybean. Weed Sci. 55:566571.Google Scholar