Weed and Crop Resistance to Herbicides

'I recommend this book to everybody who is interested, both from the cognitive and applicable point of view.' Acta Physiologiae Plantarum, 20:1 <1998)

• 1 Burgeoning Resistance Requires New Strategies.- I Herbicide Resistant Weeds.- 2 Herbicide-Resistant Weeds in Europe: Agricultural, Physiological and Biochemical Aspects.- 3 Herbicide Resistance in North America: History, Circumstances of Development and Current Situation.- 4 Herbicide Resistance Outside North America and Europe: Causes and Significance.- II Herbicide Resistance Mechanisms.- 5 Resistance to PS II Inhibitor Herbicides.- 6 Target-Site Based Resistance to ACCase Inhibitors.- 7 Perturbation of the Transmembrane Proton Gradient and Resistance to AOPP Herbicides.- 8 Target-Site Resistance for Acetolactate Synthase Inhibitor Herbicides.- 9 Mechanism of Resistance to Dinitroaline Herbicides.- 10 Cytochrome P450 Endowed Herbicide Metabolism.- 11 Glutathione Transferases and Herbicide Metabolism and Selectivity.- 12 Mechanisms of Herbicide Multiple Resistance in Lolium rigidum.- 13 Is there a Multiple Pesticide Metabolizing Cytochrome P450 in Maize?.- 14 D-1 Protein Turnover and Sensitivity of Higher Plants to Photosystem II-Directed Herbicides.- 15 Penetration, Translocation and Metabolism of Pyridate in Chickpea.- 16 Distribution Studies of Propanil Resistance in a Barnyardgrass Biotype and Elucidation of its Resistance Mechanism.- 17 Mechanisms of Resistance to Protoporphyrinogen Oxidase-Inhibiting Herbicides.- 18 Metabolism of Chlorotoluron in Resistant and Susceptible Alopecurus myosuroides Huds. Biotypes. A Study Using Plant Cell Suspensions.- III Genetics and Biology of Herbicide Resistant Weeds.- 19 Molecular Ecology: its Role in Studying Herbicide Resistance.- 20 Genetics of Herbicide Resistance within Weeds. Factors of Evolution, Inheritance and Fitness.- 21 Effects of Mutation for ALS-Inhibitor Resistance on ALS Activity in Resistant and Susceptible Near-Isonuclear Lactuca Lines.- 22 A Biochemical, Physiological and Molecular Characterization of Herbicide Resistance in Echinochloa spp..- 23 The Potential for the Evolution of Herbicide Resistance:Selection, Characterisation and Polygenic Inheritance of Resistance to Chlorsulfuron in Perennial Ryegrass.- IV Biotechnological Approaches to Develop Herbicide Resistance in Crops. Problems and Possibilities.- 24 Herbicide Resistant Crops Generated by Biotechnology.- 25 Manipulation of Crop Tolerance to Herbicides with Safeners.- 26 Gene Flow between Crops and Weeds: Risk for New Herbicide Resistant Weeds?.- 27 Technological, Ecological and Social Aspects of Herbicide Resistant Crops.- 28 Unexpected Fallout from Herbicide Resistance; Resistance to Drought, Oxidants and some Fungal Stresses.- 29 Synergized Mycoherbicides for Resistance Management.- 30 Parasitic Weed Control Using Transgenic Herbicide-Resistant Crops.- V Managing or Avoiding Herbicide Resistance: Integrated Mechanical, Chemical and Biological Methods for Weed Control.- 31 Strategies for the Prevention and Control of Herbicide Resistance in Annual Grass Weeds.- 32 Risks and Benefits of Weed Management Technologies.- 33 Role of the Herbicide Resistance Action Committee in Weed Resistance Management.- 34 Prevention and Control of Herbicide Resistant Weeds in Australia.- Chapter35 From Research to Practise: Staying ahead of the Problem.- Conclusion.- 36 Will Herbicide Resistance Ultimately Benefit Agriculture?.