Date of Award

2013

Publisher

North Dakota State University

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Awarded

Master of Science (MS)

Program

Genomics and Bioinformatics

Department

Plant Sciences

College

Agriculture, Food Systems and Natural Resources

Faculty Advisor

Christoffers, Michael J.

Description

Wild oat (Avena fatua) is a grass weed species that infests cropland. Common post-emergent herbicides for controlling wild oat are those that inhibit acetyl-CoA carboxylase (ACCase) and acetolactate synthase (ALS). Variation among plastidic ACCase gene sequences of herbicide-susceptible wild oat biotypes USDA96 and KYN119 revealed ACCase gene diversity consistent with possible separate diploid ancestry, with KYN119 more likely to share diploid ancestry with herbicide-resistant UM1. USDA96 wild oat shows low-level tolerance to the ALS-inhibiting herbicide flucarbazone, and the inheritance of this tolerance was studied among F3 families generated from KYN119 and USDA96 reciprocal crosses. Quantitative inheritance was observed at the below-label flucarbazone rate of 1.81 g ai/ha. Some F3 families had higher post-treatment main shoot dry weights than either parent, which may be due to heterosis and/or genetic contributions from both parents. No evidence for association between the Acc1;1 ACCase gene and low-level tolerance to flucarbazone was observed.

Rights

NDSU policy 190.6.2

Rights Link

https://www.ndsu.edu/fileadmin/policy/190.pdf

Handle Identifier

https://hdl.handle.net/10365/27052

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