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

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

REFERENCES

Perez-Jones, A. ; Park, K. W. ; Polge, N. ; Colquhoun, J. ; Mallory-Smith, C. A.. 2007. Investigating the mechanisms of glyphosate resistance in Lolium multiflorum. Planta 226 : 395 - 404.

Evolved resistance to the herbicide glyphosate has been reported in eleven weed species, including Lolium multiflorum. Two glyphosate-resistant L. multiflorum populations were collected, one from Chile (SF) and one from Oregon, USA (OR), and the mechanisms conferring glyphosate resistance were studied. Based on a Petri dish dose-response bioassay, the OR and the SF populations were two and fivefold more resistant to glyphosate when compared to the susceptible (S) population, respectively; however, based on a whole-plant dose-response bioassay, both OR and SF populations were fivefold more resistant to glyphosate than the S population, implying that different resistance mechanisms might be involved. The S population accumulated two and three times more shikimic acid in leaf tissue 96 h after glyphosate application than the resistant OR and SF populations, respectively. There were no differences between the S and the glyphosate-resistant OR and SF populations in ¹⁴C-glyphosate leaf uptake; however, the patterns of ¹⁴C-glyphosate translocation were significantly different. In the OR population, a greater percentage of ¹⁴C-glyphosate absorbed by the plant moved distal to the treated section and accumulated in the tip of the treated leaf. In contrast, in the S and in the SF populations, a greater percentage of ¹⁴C-glyphosate moved to non-treated leaves and the stem. cDNA sequence analysis of the EPSP synthase gene indicated that the glyphosate-resistant SF population has a proline 106 to serine amino acid substitution. Here, we report that glyphosate resistance in L. multiflorum is conferred by two different mechanisms, limited translocation (nontarget site-based) and mutation of the EPSP synthase gene (target site-based)..

Jasieniuk, M. ; Ahmad, R. ; Sherwood, A. M. ; Firestone, J. L. ; Perez-Jones, A. ; Lanini, W. T. ; Mallory-Smith, C. ; Stednick, Z.. 2008. Glyphosate-resistant Italian ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum) in California: distribution, response to glyphosate, and molecular evidence for an altered target enzyme. Weed Science 56 : 496 - 502.

Selection by herbicides has resulted in widespread evolution of herbicide resistance in agricultural weeds. In California, resistance to glyphosate was first confirmed in rigid ryegrass in 1998. Objectives of this study were to determine the current distribution and level of glyphosate resistance in Italian ryegrass, and to assess whether resistance could be due to an altered target site. Seeds were sampled from 118 populations and seedlings were treated with glyphosate at 866 g ae ha^-1. Percentage of survivors ranged from 5 to 95% in 54 populations. All plants from 64 populations died. One susceptible (S) population, four putatively resistant (R) populations, and one S accession from Oregon were used for pot dose-response experiments, shikimic acid analyses, and DNA sequencing. Seedlings were treated with glyphosate at eight rates, ranging from 108 to 13 856 g ae ha^-1. Shoot biomass was evaluated 3 wk after treatment and fit to a log-logistic regression equation. On the basis of GR₅₀ (herbicide rate required to reduce growth by 50%) values, seedlings from putatively R populations were roughly two to 15 times more resistant to glyphosate than S plants. Shikimic acid accumulation was similar in all plants before glyphosate treatment, but at 4 and 7 DAT, S plants from California and Oregon accumulated approximately two and three times more shikimic acid, respectively, than R plants. Sequencing of a cDNA fragment of the EPSPS coding region revealed two different codons, both of which encode proline at amino acid position 106 in S individuals. In contrast, all R plants sequenced exhibited missense mutations at site 106. Plants from one population revealed a mutation resulting in a proline to serine substitution. Plants from three R populations exhibited a mutation corresponding to replacement of proline with alanine. Our results indicate that glyphosate resistance is widespread in Italian ryegrass populations of California, and that resistance is likely due to an altered target enzyme..

González-Torralva, F. ; Gil-Humanes, J. ; Barro, F. ; Brants, I. ; Prado, R. de. 2012. Target site mutation and reduced translocation are present in a glyphosate-resistant Lolium multiflorum Lam. biotype from Spain. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry 58 : 16 - 22.

The resistance mechanism of a glyphosate-resistant Lolium multiflorum Lam. biotype collected in Córdoba (Southern Spain) was examined. Resistance Factor values at three different growth stages ranged between 4.77 and 4.91. At 96 hours after treatment (HAT) the S biotype had accumulated seven times more shikimic acid than the R biotype. There were significant differences in translocation of ¹⁴C-glyphosate between biotypes, i.e. at 96 HAT, the R biotype accumulated in the treated leaf more than 70% of the absorbed herbicide, in comparison with 59.21% of the S biotype; the R biotype translocated only 14.79% of the absorbed ¹⁴C-glyphosate to roots, while in the S population this value was 24.79%. Visualization of ¹⁴C-glyphosate by phosphor imaging showed a reduced distribution in the R biotype compared with the S. Glyphosate metabolism was not involved in the resistance mechanism due to both biotypes showing similar values of glyphosate at 96 HAT. Comparison of the EPSPS gene sequences between biotypes indicated that the R biotype has a proline 182 to serine amino acid substitution. In short, the resistance mechanism of the L. multiflorum Lam. biotype is due to an impaired translocation of the herbicide and an altered target site..

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

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