IE83264B1 - AHAS inhibiting herbicide resistant wheat and method for selection thereof - Google Patents
AHAS inhibiting herbicide resistant wheat and method for selection thereofInfo
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- A01H—NEW PLANTS OR NON-TRANSGENIC PROCESSES FOR OBTAINING THEM; PLANT REPRODUCTION BY TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUES
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
- A01H—NEW PLANTS OR NON-TRANSGENIC PROCESSES FOR OBTAINING THEM; PLANT REPRODUCTION BY TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUES
- A01H6/00—Angiosperms, i.e. flowering plants, characterised by their botanic taxonomy
- A01H6/46—Gramineae or Poaceae, e.g. ryegrass, rice, wheat or maize
- A01H6/4678—Triticum sp. [wheat]
Description
AHAS INHIBITING HERBICIDE RESISTANT WHEAT
AND METHOD FOR SELECTION THEREOF
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to the use of a screening
method according to claim 1 for the selection of mutations
which confer acetohydroxy acid synthase inhibiting
herbicide resistance to wheat. This invention also
relates to the use of a seed of resistant wheat developed
by this method.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The first enzymatic step common to the
biosynthesis in plants of the branched chain amino
acids (valine, leucine and isoleucine) is catalyzed by
the enzyme acetohydroxyacid synthase (AHAS: also KUOWH
as acetolactate synthase; E.C.4.1.3.18). AHAS
catalyzes two parallel reactions: condensation of two
moles of pyruvate to give rise to acetolactate, and
condensation of a mole of pyruvate and a mole of alpha
ketobutyrate to yield acetohydroxybutyrate. This
enzyme is inhibited by the end products of the pathway
(valine, leucine and isoleucine) and this is one of the
known mechanisms of regulation of this pathway in
higher plants.
AHAS is the target site of several classes Of
structurally unrelated herbicides. These herbicides
include the imidazolinones, the sulfamoylureas, the
sulfonylcarboxamides, the sulfonamides and the
sulfonylureas.
Large scale commercial agriculture relies
heavily on row-crop production practices. The
availability of herbicides which selectively eliminate
problem weeds while leaving crop plants undamaged is a
major enabling component of these practices.
Herbicides which control the majority of problem weeds
are available for most major crops. The
afore-mentioned AHAS inhibiting herbicides are a key
element in weed control. These same herbicides,
however, may miss important weeds in certain niche crop
production areas. Also, currently used herbicides may
have ecological problems or cost constraints attached
to their use.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
There is a need to develop varieties of wheat
which are resistant to AHAS inhibiting herbicides. The
development of such resistant varieties would permit
wheat growers to use the AHAS inhibiting herbicides,
whose use results in reduced application rates, reduced
ground water contamination and reduced animal toxicity
when compared to other classes of herbicides.
Accordingly, it is an object of this
invention to develop a screening method for the
selection of mutations which confer AHAS inhibiting
resistance to wheat.
It is a particular object of this invention
to develop a screening method for the selection of
mhtations which confer AHAS inhibiting imidazolinone
herbicide resistance to wheat.
It is an additional object of this objection
to identify wheat selections identified by the novel
screening method.
These objects are accomplished by
mutagenizing wheat seeds with a chemical mutagen. In a
first screening step, seeds are soaked in an AHAS
inhibiting herbicide—containing solution. In a second
screening step after planting, soil containing the
seeds is sprayed with an AHAS inhibiting herbicide
prior to the emergence of seedlings from the soil.
Those wheat seedlings which emerge demonstrate
resistance to AHAS inhibiting herbicides.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
Note: The chemical names of the trademarked
herbicides and Compound Numbers in this Brief
Description of the Drawings are set forth in the
Detailed Description of the Invention portion of this
application.
Figure 1 depicts the effect of increasing the
concentration of the imidazolinone herbicide SCEPTERTM
upon the ratio of the number of plants which have a
normal appearance versus the number of seeds soaked in
an imidazolinone herbicide-containing solution.
Figure 2 depicts the effect of increasing the
concentration of the imidazolinone herbicide PURSUITTM
upon the ratio of the number of plants which have a
normal appearance versus the number of seeds soaked in
an imidazolinone herbicide-containing solution.
Figure 3 depicts the effect of increasing the
concentration of the imidazolinone herbicide ARSENALTM
upon the ratio of the number of plants which have a
normal appearance versus the number of seeds soaked in
an imidazolinone herbicide-containing solution.
Figure 4 and 5 depict the appearance of
imidazolinone herbicide—resistant wheat, treated with a
TM
seed soak plus pre—emergent spray containing PURSUIT
compared with untreated, non—resistant wheat. The
resistant wheat is in the left—most flat in Figure 4;
the resistant wheat is in the middle flat in Figure 5.
Figure 6 depicts the appearance of wheat
grown from M seedlings, which are progeny of FS4.
Figure 7 depicts a comparison of plant height
(in cm.) of wild—type wheat (Fidel) versus bulked M3-M4
seed from PS1 four weeks after post-emergence treatment
with ARSENALTM.
Figure 8 depicts a comparison of plant height
(in cm.) of wild-type wheat (Fidel) versus bulked M3—M4
seed from FS1 four weeks after post—emergence treatment
with OUSTTM.
Figure 9 depicts a comparison of plant height
(in cm.) of wild-type wheat (Fidel) versus bulked M3-M4
seed from Fsl four weeks after post—emergence treatment
with PURSUITTM.
Figure 10 depicts a comparison of plant
height (in cm.) of wild—type wheat (Fidel) versus
bulked M3-M4 seed from FS1 four weeks after
post—emergence treatment with SCEPTERTMr
Figure 10a depicts a comparison of plant
height (in cm.) of wild-type wheat (Fidel) versus
bulked M3-M4 seed from FS1 four weeks after
post-emergence treatment with Compound 2.
Figure 11 depicts a comparison of growth (as
a percentage of control plants) of wild—type wheat
(Fidel) versus the M4 wheat mutants from F52 and FS4TM
four weeks after pre-emergent treatment with SCEPTER .
Figure 12 depicts a comparison of growth (as
a percentage of control plants) of wild—type wheat
(Fidel) versus the M4 wheat mutants from F82 and FS4
TM
four weeks after pre—emergent treatment with ARSENAL
Figure 13 depicts a comparison of growth (as
a percentage of control plants) of wild-type wheat
(Fidel) versus the M wheat mutants from FS2 and F84
four weeks after pre—emergent treatment with PURSUIT
Figure 14 depicts a comparison of growth (as
a percentage of control plants) of wild type wheat
(Fidel) versus the M4 wheat mutants from FS2 and FS4
four weeks after pre—emergent treatment with an
imidazolinone herbicide, Compound 2.
Figure 15 depicts a comparison of growth (as
a percentage of control plants) of wild—type wheat
(Fidel) versus the M4 wheat mutants from FS2 and F84
two weeks after post—emergence treatment with
PURSUITTM.
Figure 16 depicts a comparison of growth (as
a percentage of control plants) of wild—type wheat
(Fidel) versus the M4 wheat mutants from FS2 and F84
four weeks after post—emergence treatment with
PURSUITTM.
Figure 17 depicts a comparison of growth (as
a percentage of control plants) of wild-type wheat
(Fidel) versus the M4 wheat mutants from»FS2 and FS4
two weeks after post-emergence treatment with Compound
2.
Figure 18 depicts a comparison of growth (as
a percentage of control plants) of wild-type wheat
(Fidel) versus the M4 wheat mutants from FS2 and PS4
four weeks after post-emergence treatment with Compound
2.
Figure 19 depicts a comparison of shoot fresh
weight (as a percentage of control plants) of wild-type
wheat (Fidel) versus the M4 wheat mutants from F52 and
FS4 seven weeks after post-emergence treatment with
PURSUITTM.
Figure 20 depicts a comparison of shoot fresh
weight (as a percentage of control plants) of wild-type
wheat (Fidel) versus the M4 wheat mutants from F82 and
F84 seven weeks after post-emergence treatment with
Compound 2.
Figure 21 depicts a comparison of plant
growth (in cm.) of wild-type wheat (Fidel) versus the
F82 mutant from bulked M3 - M4 seed fgfir weeks after
post-emergence treatment with CLASSIC .
Figure 22 depicts a comparison of plant
growth (in cm.) of wild-type wheat (Fidel) versus the
Fsz mutant from bulked M3 - M4 seed four weeks after
post-emergence treatment with a sulfonylurea herbicide,
OUSTTM.
Figure 23 depicts a comparison of plant
growth (in cm.) of wi1d—type wheat (Fidel) versus the
F2 mutant from bulked M3 — M4 seed four weeks after
post-emergence treatment with a sulfamoylurea
herbicide, Compound 3.
Figure 24 depicts a comparison of plant
growth (in cm.) of wild—type wheat (Fidel) versus the
F2 mutant from bulked M3 - M4 seed four-weeks after
post-emergence treatment with a sulfonylurea herbicide,
BEACONTM.
Figure 25 depicts a comparison of plant
growth (in cm.) of wild-type wheat (Fidel) versus the
F2 mutant from bulked M3 — M4 seed four weeks after
post-emergence treatment with a sulfonylcarboxamide
herbicide, Compound 1.
Figure 26 depicts a comparison of plant
growth (in cm.) of wild-type wheat (Fidel) versus the
F2 mutant from bulked M3 — M4 seed four weeks after
post-emergence treatment with an imidazolinone
herbicide, Compound 7.
Figure 27 depicts a comparison of plant
height (in cm.) of wild—type wheat (Fidel) versus the
M4 wheat mutants from F51, F82 and FS4 three weeks
after post-emergence treatment with PURSUITTM, Compound
2 or an imidazolinone herbicide, Compound 8.
Figure 28 depicts a comparison of plant
height (in cm.) of wild-type wheat (Fidel) versus the
M4 wheat mutants from FS1, FS2 and FS4 six weeks after
post-emergence treatment with PURSUITTM, Compound 2 or
Compound 8.
Figure 29 depicts a comparison of the yield
(as a percentage of control plants) of wild-type wheat
(Fidel) versus the M4 wheat mutants from F51, F82 and
F84 ten weeks after post-emergence treatment with
PURSUITTM, Compound 2 or Compound 8.
Figure 30 depicts a comparison of growth (as
a percentage of control plants) of wild-type wheat
(Fidel) versus the M wheat mutants from FS4 six weeks
after post-emergencestreatment with PURSUITTM, Compound
2, Compound 8, an imidazolinone herbicide, CADRETM, or
a sulfonylurea herbicide, ACCENTTM.
Figure 31 depicts a comparison of the mean
plot yield (in grams of grain per plot) of wild—type
wheat (Fidel) versus the PS4 mutants (M seeds) ten
weeks after post-emergence treatment with PURSUITTM,
TM or ACCENTTM.
Figure 32 depicts an in vitro enzyme assay
Compound 2, Compound 8, CADRE
which measures the inhibition of AHAS activity in FS1
mutant wheat (labelled WS1), not sprayed with herbicide
after emergence, by valine and leucine (labelled V+L)
as a control, SCEPTERTM, PURSUITTM, Compound 9 and
OUSTTM.
Figure 33 depicts an in yitrg enzyme assay
which measures the inhibition of AHAS activity in FS1
mutant wheat (labelled WS1), sprayed with herbicide
when the plants are three weeks old, by valine and
leucine (labelled V+L) as a control, SCEPTERTM,
PURSUITTM, Compound 9 and OUSTTM.
Figure 34 depicts an in yitrg enzyme assay
which measures the inhibition of AHAS activity in wild
type wheat (Fidel), not sprayed with herbicide after
emergence, by valine and leucine (labelled V+L) as a
control, SCEPTERTM, PURSUITTM, Compound 9 and OUSTTM.
Figure 35 depicts an in yitrg enzyme assay
which measures the inhibition of AHAS activity in wild
type wheat (Fidel), sprayed with herbicide when the
plants are three weeks old, by valine and leucine
(labelled V+L) as a control, SCEPTERTM, PURSUITTM,
Compound 9 and OUSTTM.
Figure 36 depicts an in yitgg enzyme assay
which measures the inhibition of AHAS activity in FS4
mutant wheat, not sprayed with herbicide after
emergence, by valine and leucine (labelled V+L) as a
control, SCEPTERTM, PURSUITTM, Compound 9 and OUSTTM.
Figure 37 depicts an in vitro enzyme assay
which measures the inhibition of AHAS activity in FS4
mutant wheat, sprayed with herbicide when the plants
are three weeks old, by valine and leucine (labelled
V+L) as a control, SCEPTERTM, PURSUITTM, Compound 9 and
OUSTTM.
Figure 38 depicts an in yitrg enzyme assay
which measures the inhibition of AHAS activity in wild
type wheat (Fidel), not sprayed with herbicide after
emergence, by valine and leucine (labelled V+L) as a
control, SCEPTERTM, PURSUITTM, Compound 9 and OUSTTM.
Figure 39 depicts an in yitrg enzyme assay
which measures the inhibition of AHAS activity in wild
type wheat (Fidel), sprayed with herbicide when the
plants are three weeks old, by valine and leucine
(labelled V+L) as a control, SCEPTERTM, PURSUITTM,
Compound 9 and OUSTTM.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
This invention is directed to a novel method
for screening for the selection of mutations which
confer AHAS inhibiting herbicide resistance to wheat.
Wheat seeds are mutagenized with a chemical mutagen by
conventional means. In a first screening step,
mutagenized seeds are soaked in an AHAS inhibiting
herbicide—containing solution containing a particular
class of AHAS inhibiting herbicide by adapting a
published procedure for soybeans to wheat.
In a novel second screening step, the seeds
are then planted in soil and subjected to spraying with
an AHAS inhibiting herbicide of the same class as that
used in the seed soak step prior to emergence of
seedlings from the soil. Those wheat plants which
emerge and have a normal appearance are considered to
be resistant to the class of AHAS inhibiting
herbicides used in the two step screen.. These plants
therefore have the benefit of being able to be planted
and their area treated with a class of AHAS inhibiting
herbicides so as to eliminate problem weeds while the
wheat plants remain undamaged. The inheritance of the
AHAS inhibiting herbicide resistance trait is
demonstrated by testing several generations of seeds
from the initial mutants for resistance to applications
of a class of AHAS inhibiting herbicides. The
resulting plants may be, but are not necessarily,
cross—tolerant to classes of AHAS inhibiting herbicides
other than that used in the two step screen.
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other chemical mutagens and procedures for
their use include N-methyl-N-nitrosourea and N-ethyl—N-
nitrosourea (Fluhr, R. and Cseplo, A., Methods Enzymol.
(Plant Mol. Biol.), 118, 611-623 (1986)), ethyl
methanesulfonate (Sebastian, S.A., et al., Crop Sci.,
gg, 1403-1408 (1989)), and hydroxylamine and hydrazine
(Khamankar, Y. G., J. Maharashtra Aqric. Univ., 13,
322-325 (1989)).
The mutagenized seeds are then screened for
resistance to AHAS inhibiting herbicides. Initially, in
yitrg screens evaluating herbicide tolerance of
isolated wheat embryos, half seeds and whole seeds, are
investigated. However, these screens are time
consuming and problematic due to contamination problems
and variable response of the wheat. Therefore, another
type of screen is used. The procedure according to
the invention is derived from a protocol developed by
Sebastian and Chaleff (Sebastian, S. A. and Chaleff, R.
S., Crop Science, 21* 948-952 (1987)) for selection of
herbicide tolerant soybean. This screening procedure
involves soaking whole, mature wheat seeds in an AHAS
inhibiting herbicide-containing solution containing a
particular class of AHAS inhibiting herbicide for a set
period of time after which the seeds are planted in a
sterile soil mixture.
Various classes of AHAS inhibiting herbicides
include the imidazolinones, the sulfamoylureas, the
sulfonylcarboxamides, the sulfonamides and the
sulfonylureas.
Examples of imidazolinone herbicides which
are used in the seed soak screening step include
2-(4-isopropyl-4—methyl-5—oxoimidiazolin—2—yl)-
nicotinic acid, 2—(4—isopropyl)—4—methyloxo-2—imida-
zolin—2-yl)quinolinecarboxylic acid, 5-ethyl—2—
(4—isopropylmethyloxoimidazolin~2-yl)-nicotin~
ic acid, 2-(4-isopropylmethyloxoimidazolin
yl)-5—(methoxymethyl)-nicotinic acid, 5—formyl—2-(4-
isopropylmethyl-5—oxo-2—imidazolinyl)-nicotinic
acid, 5-(dimethyl acetal), 3-(4-isopropyl-4—methyl—
—oxo~2—imidazolin-2—yl)methyl-crotonic acid),
2-(4—isopropyl—4-methyl—5—oxo—2—imidazolin—2-yl)-5~
methylnicotinic acid, and a mixture of methyl 6—(4-
isopropy1—4-methyloxo—2—imidazo1inyl)—m-toluate
and methyl 2-(4-isopropylmethyloxoimidazolin-
2-yl)-p~toluate. The use of 5—ethyl(4-isopropyl
methy1oxoimidazolinyl)-nicotinic acid and
2-(4-isopropylmethyloxoimidiazolin-2—yl)-
nicotinic acid is preferred. The use of 5-ethyl
(4-isopropylmethyloxoimidazolinyl)-
nicotinic acid is particularly preferred.
Examples of sulfamoylurea herbicides which
are used in the seed soak screening step include 1-
(4—methoxy—6-methyl-s-triazin—2-yl)[(o—propionyl—
phenyl)sulfamoyl]urea, l—(4,6—dimethoxypyrimidinyl)-
3-[(o-propionylphenyl)su1famoyl]urea, 1-[(o-acetyl-
phenyl)sulfamoyl](4-methoxy-6—methy1-2—pyrimidinyl)—
urea, and 1-[(o-acetylphenyl)sulfamoyl](4-methoxy
methyl—s—triazin-2—yl)urea. Examples of sulfonylcar-
boxamide herbicides include 2-acetamido-2,3-dimethyl-N-
(Q-tolylsulfonyl)butyramide and 2-acetamido-N-[(p-ch1o-
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rophenyl)sulfonyl]-2,3-dimethylbutyramide. An example
of a sulfonamide is N-[2,6-difluorophenyl]-5—methyl—
(1,2,4)—triazolo-[l,5a]—pyrimidine—2—sulfonamide.
Examples of sulfonylureas include 2-[4,6-bis=(difluoro—
methoxy)pyrimidin—2—ylcarbamoylsulfamoy1]benzoic acid,
l-(4,6—dimethoxypyrimidin-2—yl)-3—(dimethoxycarbamoyl—
2-pyridylsulfonyl)urea, the methyl ester of o—[[3—(4,6—
dimethylpyrimidin-2—yl)ureido]sulfonyl]-benzoic acid)
and the ethyl ester of o~[[(4—chloro—6—methoxy-2—pyrim—
idinyl)carbamoyl]sulfamoyl]benzoic acid).
If the seed soak were the only screen to be
used, it would be conducted as follows: After drying,
the seeds are planted and the number of germinating
seeds is counted after a predetermined period of time,
such as three or four weeks after planting. The size
and appearance of the seedlings is also noted. Seeds
which germinate and produce seedlings of normal size
and appearance may be resistant to AHAS inhibiting
imidazolinone herbicides.
However, the seed soak screen may result in
the possibility of "escapes" or false positives
surviving the herbicide treatment. To eliminate false
positives, a pre-emergent herbicide treatment is used
as a second screen. *
After the seed soak step, the wheat seeds are
planted in soil. If desired, the soil may be watered.
The soil containing the seeds is then sprayed, prior to
the emergence of seedlings from the soil, with an AHAS
inhibiting herbicide in a solution containing water or
other acceptable aqueous or organic solvents. The
concentration of herbicide to be sprayed is ascertained
for each imidazolinone by small scale trials.
In a first embodiment the AHAS inhibiting herbicide
used in the seed spraying step is selected from the same
class as that used in the seed soak step. The particular
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herbicide chosen may be the same or different in the
two screening steps, but in each case, the herbicides
must be chosen from the same class of AHAS inhibiting
herbicides. The classes of herbicides and examples of
each class used in the seed spraying step are as
described previously with regard to the seed soak step.
The seeds subjected to the two step screen
are then evaluated after emergence of seedlings from
the soil. Growth which is normal in size, yield and
appearance indicates that the wheat contains a mutation
which results in the desired resistance to AHAS
inhibiting herbicides.
Wheat with high levels of tolerance for AHAS
inhibiting herbicides is selected via this two step
screening protocol. This screening system allows the
preferential selection of strongly resistant wheat
plants by exposing the seed to herbicide rates lethal
to wild—type wheat plants at two points in the screen,
the seed soak treatment and the preemergent
application. This double exposure to herbicide
eliminates false positives and may serve to eliminate
weakly resistant mutants. The resistant wheat plants
are resistant to herbicides of the class used in the
two step screen. The plants may be in some instances
cross-tolerant to one or more other classes of AHAS
inhibiting herbicides, but such cross-tolerance need
not be present.
The examples presented below are illustrative
of this invention with the imidazolinone class of AHAS
inhibiting herbicides. The other classes of AHAS
inhibiting herbicides are also within the scope of this
invention because their mechanism of action is the same
as that of the imidazolinones. All AHAS inhibiting
herbicides act by the same mechanism of action: they
target the AHAS enzyme, thereby blocking the
biosynthesis of valine, leucine and isoleucine. By
blocking this activity of AHAS, the herbicides
inhibit plant metabolism, leading to the death of the
plant.
when the two step screening method of this
invention is used with the imidazolinone class of
herbicides, wheat selections are obtained which are
resistant to the imidazolinone class of herbicides.
The herbicide-resistant wheat has an increased
tolerance to imidazolinones of up to 50-fold as
compared to the non-mutagenized, unselected wheat. The
imdazolinones have been shown to inhibit the enzyme
AHAS, one of the first enzymes in branched chain amino
acid biosynthesis. The wheat selections are assayed by
in yitrg enzyme assays (described in the examples
below) and are shown to have AHAS activity which is
insensitive to inhibition by imidazolinones. However,
there is little or no evidence of cross tolerance to
other chemistries with a similar mode of action upon
AHAS either by whole plant or enzyme studies.
Out of 117,000 wheat seeds screened, four
wheat plants are selected for their resistance
properties. These four mutant selections are
designated FS1, FS2, F83 and PS4. Samples of seeds of
these wheat plants have been deposited on March 28,
1991 with the American Type Culture Collection, 12301
Parklawn Drive, Rockville, MD 20852, and have been
assigned accession numbers as follows:
Wheat Mutant Accession Number
FSl ATCC 40994
FS2 ATCC 40995
FS3 ATCC 40996
FS4 ATCC 409
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Based on genetic data, the selected wheat
mutants, PS1, F82, F83, and FS4, are allelic and appear
to be the result of a single mutational event. The
tolerance is inherited as a single genetic locus and is
dominant or semidominant in expression. The increase
in herbicide tolerance is shown to have no deleterious
effects on grain yield either in the presence or
absence of the imidazolinone herbicides tested.
The inheritance of the mutations in the
resistant wheat selections is confirmed by testing
several generations of progeny of the seeds, as well as
intercrosses of the mutant selections. The test seeds
are subjected to both pre-emergence and post-emergence
applications of various classes of AHAS inhibiting
herbicides. The size, yield and appearance of the
seedlings are observed and compared to untreated
controls (Fidel) and to controls (Fidel) subjected to
the same two step screening procedure.
Results of these tests, as described in the
examples, indicate that the mutations conferring
resistance to imidazolinones are inherited from
generation to generation of plants derived from the
FS1, FS2, FS3 and PS4 selections. iThe specificity of
the resistance is demonstrated by the data which
indicate that the mutant selections are not resistant
to other classes of AHAS inhibiting herbicides such as
sulfonylureas, sulfamoylureas, sulfonamides or
sulfonylcarboxamides.
In a second embodiment of this invention, two
different classes of AHAS inhibiting herbicides are
In the seed
In the
used in the two step screening method.
soak step, a herbicide from one class is used.
spraying step, a herbicide from a second class is used.
The resulting plant selections which survive and grow
normally are resistant to both classes of herbicides.
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Although the frequency of mutations conferring
resistance which are selected for is greatly reduced,
because of the different classes of herbicides used, if
the number of seeds screened is large enough, double
resistant selections are obtained.
In order that this invention may be better
understood, the following examples are set forth. The
examples are for the purpose of illustration only and
are not to be construed as limiting the scope of the
invention.
EXAMPLE 1
Development of a Two Step Seed Screen
. Seed Mutagenesis
The wheat plants are grown to maturity and
the M2 seed is harvested. Approximately 117,000 wheat
seeds are harvested and used to screen for
imidazolinone—resistant wheat. The germination
frequency of this material is 100%.
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. step 1: seed Soak
Following the protocol developed by
Sebastian and Chaleff, wheat seeds are surface
disinfested in 70% EtOH for 30 seconds followed by
disinfestation in 50% solution containing 2.625% sodium
TM . .
(a non-ionic
hypochlorite, with 1-2 drops of Tween 20
polyethylene sorbitan monolaurate surfactant, available
under the registered trademark of Atlas Chemical
Industries) per 100 ml of solution, for 30 minutes
under vacuum with gentle agitation provided by a stir
plate. The seeds are rinsed in sterile distilled water
and then soaked in a herbicide concentration for a set
period of time, as described below. Sets of twenty-
five seeds are placed into 25 ml of the herbicide
solution described below in a sterile 100x15 mm plastic
petri dish and soaked for the designated time. The
seeds are rinsed with water, dried with paper towels
and planted (25 seeds/flat) approximately 1/2" deep in
6 x 8 inch peat flats containing a moist, sterile,
TM (Grace Company,
artificial soil, Metro Mix 350
Cambridge, MA). The treatments are evaluated at four
weeks after treatment. The herbicides, rates and time
periods evaluated are described below: ~
Experiment 1:
ARSENALTM: 0, 1, 10, so, 100, 500 uM
SCEPTERTM: 0, 1, 10, 50, 100, 500 uM
for 48 hours. Each treatment is replicated four times.
(ARSENALTM and SCEPTERTM are registered trademarks of
TM
American Cyanamid Company. ARSENAL
is 2—(4-isopropyl-
-methyl-5~oxo-2—imidiazolin—2—yl)-nicotinic acid and
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is described in U.S. Patent Number 4,798,619; SCEPTERTM
is 2-(4-isopropyl)methyl—5—oxo-2—imidazolin—2-yl)—
3—quinolinecarboxylic acid and is described in U.s.
Patent Number 4,798,619.)
ARSENAL inhibits seed germination and
seedling growth with increasing concentration. While
some potential false positives are observed visually at
concentrations up to 50 uM, higher concentrations
totally inhibit seedling growth. At these
concentrations, 100 and 500 uM, some susceptible seeds
germinate, but the shoots are small, twisted and
generally abnormal in appearance.
While SCEPTERTM also inhibits seedling growth
with increasing concentration, by three to four weeks,
the seedlings recover, as observed visually. In fact,
seedlings treated with 1-100 uM are indistinguishable
from controls and seedlings treated with 500 uM are
slightly shorter than controls.
Experiment 2:
ARSENALTM 0, 10, 50, 100, 500 uM
SCEPTERTM 0, 100, 250, 500, 750, 1000 UM
for 48 hours. Each treatment is replicated two times.
ARSENALTM
concentrations as the previous experiment and the same
is retested at the same
results are obtained as described above. In this
study, the SCEPTERTM concentration is increased to a
maximum of 1000 uM. By the end of the study, it is
evident from visual observation that this concentration
is still not high enough to prevent "escapes". The
duration of exposure to the herbicide also appears to
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have an effect on the number of false positives. In
experiment 1, the seeds soak for a few hours longer and
some root elongation occurs; however, the seeds in this
experiment do not all exhibit radicle emergence when
the herbicide treatment is terminated. The effect of
the duration of the seed soak upon the herbicide
concentration necessary to prevent "escapes" is
investigated in the following experiment.
Experiment 3:
ARSENALTM 0, 50, 75, 100 uM
TM
SCEPTER O, 250, 500, 750, 1000, l5OO uM
TM
PURSUIT 0, 250, 500, 750, 1000, 1500 uM
Compound 1: 0, 500, 1000, 1500, 2000 uM
for 48, 72 or 96 hours. Each treatment is replicated
two times. (PURSUITTM is a registered trademark of
American Cyanamid Company. PURSUITTM is S-ethyl—2-
(4—isopropylmethyloxoimidazolinyl)-
nicotinic acid and is described in U.S.~Patent Number
4,798,619. Compound 1 is 2-acetamido-N-[(p-chloro-
pheny1)su1fonyl]-2,3-dimethyl-butyramide, and is
described in U.S. Patent Number 4,992,094.)
In this study, the imidazolinone herbicides
ARSENALTM, SCEPTERTM, PURSUITTM, and the sulfonylcarbox-
amide Compound 1 are evaluated as selective agents in
the seed soak screen. The interaction of seed soak
duration with herbicide concentration is also
evaluated. Figures 1-3 present the results of
imidazolinone herbicide treatments. when the seeds are
soaked for 48 hours, the number of "normal" plants
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decreases with increasing herbicide concentration.
However, there are normal plants even at the highest
herbicide concentrations tested. As the length of
exposure to herbicide increases, the herbicide
concentration necessary for lethality is reduced.
ARSENALTM
at 50 uM is sufficient if the exposure is
greater than 72 hours, however 75 uM is necessary if
the length of exposure is less. SCEPTERTM is not
effective at any of the herbicide/exposure length
combinations. In contrast, treatment of the seeds with «
either 1000 uM PURSUITTM for 72 hours or 750 uM
PURSUITTM for 96 hours prevents the survival of
potential false positives. Compound 1 does not have an
inhibitory effect on either seed germination or
seedling growth.
Experiment 4:
SCEPTERTM 0, 500, 1000, 1500, 2000 uM
for 3, 4, 7 and 10 days. Each treatment is replicated
two times.
The protocol is as described above except that
seeds are soaked per petri dish; 25 seeds are still
planted per flat. This experiment is repeated twice.
(Note: The 7 and 10 day plantings become contaminated
with fungus in the first experiment and are discarded.
In the second experiment, the fungicide, Captan, is
added to the soaking solution to prevent
contamination.)
Soaking durations of seven and ten days are
too long a period for use with wheat seeds. By this
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time, shoot elongation starts to occur in SCEPTER
at concentrations up to 1000 uM; fungal contamination
also starts to be a problem with these time periods.
Visual results are similar to those observed
for PURSUITTM
SCEPTERTM
in Experiment 3. Either 1000 or 1500 uM
for three days are suitable for selection of
imidazolinone resistant mutants with the problem of
false positives minimized.
3. Step 2: Pre—emerqence Herbicide Application
A series of experiments is performed to
determine the appropriate herbicide rate for this
pre—emergent spray treatment. Wheat seed of the
susceptible cultivar Fidel is planted in Metro Mix
350TM in 6 x 8 inch peat flats at a rate of 100 seeds
per flat. The flats are watered prior to herbicide
treatment. Three flats are sprayed per treatment. The
herbicides are applied with a laboratory belt sprayer
at a rate of 950 liters per hectare (L/ha) at a belt
speed of 12.8 sec/rev using sprayer nozzle #40015E
(TeejetTM Spraying Systems). After three to four
weeks, the treatments are evaluated by visual
observation for toxicity to the wheat seeds/seedlings.
PURSUITTM and SCEPTERTM are most effective at 300-350
g/ha, while ARSENALTM
-50 g/ha preemergence.
is most effective when sprayed at
. Screening and Selection of Herbicide Resistant
Mutants
TM .
PURSUIT is used as an exemplary
imidazolinone for screening for herbicide resistance.
M2 wheat seeds are surface disinfested in 70% EtOH for
seconds followed by disinfestation in 50% solution
containing 2.625% sodium hypochlorite as described
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above. The seeds are then rinsed three times with
sterile distilled H20 and placed into sterile plastic
100 x 15mm petri dishes, 250 seeds per dish.
Twenty-five ml of 1000 mM PURSUITTM solution is added
to each dish and the seeds are soaked in this solution
in the dark for 3 days. The seeds are then drained,
blotted dry on paper towels and planted in sterile 6 x
8 inch peat flats containing Metro Mix with 1000 seeds
planted/flat. The flats are watered and sprayed
immediately with 300 grams per hectare (g/ha)
PURSUITTM. The herbicide is applied with a laboratory
belt sprayer at a rate of 950 L/ha with a belt speed of
12.8 sec/rev using sprayer nozzle #40015E. After four
weeks, the seedlings are evaluated for herbicide
tolerance. The M2 wheat seed is screened in lots of
,000 seeds at a time. Out of approximately 117,000
M2 wheat seeds put through the two-step screen for
herbicide resistance, four wheat plants are selected
which are resistant to PURSUITTM.
These plants are quite striking in their
appearance as compared to non-resistant wheat. Two of
these mutant selections are depicted in Figures 4 and
. The resistant wheat is in the left-most flat in
Figure 4; the resistant wheat is in the~middle flat of
Figure 5. These four mutant selections are designated
FS1, FS2, PS3, and PS4. The resistant plants are
transplanted into 7.5 inch peat pots in Metro Mix
TM.
EXAMPLES 2-5
Characterization of Herbicide Resistant Mutants
EXAMPLE 2
Inheritance of Herbicide Resistance Trait
. M3 Plant Screen: ;_ vivo
M3 plants from the four initial plant
selections (labelled PS1, FS2, FS3 and F84) are
screened for PURSUITTM resistance. Five M3 seeds from
each mature infloresence of these initial M2 mutants
are disinfested in 70% EtOH for 30 seconds followed by
disinfestation in 50% solution containing 2.625% sodium
hypochlorite (as described above) for 20 minutes under
vacuum with gentle agitation provided by a stir plate.
The seeds are rinsed two times in sterile distilled
water.
Each set of five seeds is then placed into 10
ml of a 1500 uM solution of PURSUITTM in a sterile 60x15
mm plastic petri dish and soaked for three days. The
seeds are rinsed with water, dried with‘paper towels
and planted approximately 1/2" deep in 6" x 8 inch peat
flats containing moist, sterile Metro Mix BSOTM. These
flats are sprayed preemergence with 300g/ha of PURSUIT
Controls include M3 seeds from each resistant selection
which are disinfested as previously described, soaked
in sterile distilled water for three days and then
planted. In addition, unselected susceptible Fidel
wheat is disinfested as described above and one-half of
the seeds treated with PURSUITTM
procedure) and the other half are soaked in water
(seed soak and spray
alone. The herbicide is applied with a laboratory belt
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sprayer at a rate of 950 L/ha with a belt speed of 12.5
sec/rev using sprayer nozzle #400l5E.
Four weeks after receiving the initial seed
soak, the M3
whether the plants are herbicide resistant, herbicide
wheat plants are rated according to
damaged or dead. The herbicide resistant plants are
transplanted individually to 7.5 inch Azalea pots with
Metro Mix BSOTM. A fertilizer, OsmocoteTM (Sierra
Company, Milpita, CA) is added as a top dressing one
week after the plants are transplanted. In addition
the plants are fertilized regularly with Peter's
20ZOTM (Grace Company, Cambridge, MA). Individual
plants are rated against Fidel untreated controls.
Non—mutagenized, non-selected Fidel seed does
not survive when treated with PURSUITTM at 1500 uM (seed
soak) and 300 g/ha (preemergent application). This
same material, when soaked in sterile distilled water
and not sprayed, germinates within 1-2 weeks with an
average germination frequency of 63.3% (average of two
sets of controls). M3 material, when soaked in sterile
distilled water and not sprayed, has a germination
frequency of 53.3%. Seed of the resistant wheat
selections, treated with PURSUITTM, germinates with the
following frequencies: FS1 - 60%, FS2 — 47.5%, FS3 -
41.2% and F84 - 55%. Many of the M3 seedlings exposed
to herbicide treatment grow at the same rate as
untreated controls: however, some seedlings which are
progeny of PS4 are affected by the herbicide,
exhibiting symptoms of stunting, twisting and/or
chlorotic striping (Figure 6). Most of these are
capable of survival and further growth. Plant height
three weeks after herbicide treatment is presented in
Table 1.
Table 1: M3 Plant Screen: Results of screening M3
progeny of the four initial wheat selections in the Seed
Soak/Preemergence Application screen.
No. Heads No. of Ave. Shoot Range Shoot
Selection Tested Plants; Height (cm) Heights (cm)
FS1 16 48/80 9.1 2 - 15
PS2 16 38/80 11.7 5 - 18
FS3 17 35/85 8.0 l - 14.5
FS4 17 44/85 21.1 5 - 28
Control 1 --2 6/15 19.0 10 — 26
Control 2 --2 13/15 21.2 8 - 30
Control M3 3 8/15 28.9 27 — 31
Number of plants raised/number of seeds planted.
Seeds rather than heads are tested in Controls 1 and 2.
Control 1 = Susceptible wheat seed (Fidel) soaked in sterile
distilled water. Control 2 = Susceptible wheat seed (Fidel)
soaked in herbicide solution. Control M = M seed from the
initial selections soaked in sterile water.
Plant heights range from 1 to 28 cm for the
mutant selections. This demonstrates the variability
in the degree of herbicide tolerance. Control plants
range from 8 to 31 cm in height. All of the plants are
transplanted into Metro Mix 350TM in 7 1/2 inch peat pots
and used to make the crosses described in part 4 of
this Example 2 (Genetic Condition Studies).
. M3 Plant Screen: _n vitro
M3 plants from the four initial plant
selections (labelled FS1, PS2, PS3 and FS4) are
screened for PURSUITTM resistance in vitro. M seeds
from each mature infloresence of these initial M2
mutants are disinfested in 70% EtOH for 30 seconds
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followed by disinfestation in 50% solution containing
2.625% sodium hypochlorite (as described above) for 20
minutes under vaccuum with gentle agitation provided by
a stir plate. The seeds are soaked in sterile
distilled water in l00xl5mm sterile plastic petri
dishes for 20-24 hours after which the embryos are
excised and cultured onto medium containing either
1o'4, 1o’5, or 10'6 M PURSUITTM. Controls include
non—mutagenized (Fidel) embryos cultured on medium with
and without herbicide and M3 material on medium without
herbicide. Embryo ratings are taken at either two and
one-half or three weeks after culture initiation.
None of the embryos (Fidel controls or M3)
cultured on medium containing 10-4 M PURSUITTM
germinates, although some of the M embryos exhibit a
small amount of primary root elonggtion (1-Smm). M3
embryos are somewhat tolerant to PURSUITTM in the
medium at a concentration of 10-5 M; however, there is
still considerable growth inhibition. Table 2 presents
the embryo ratings, "T" (tolerant), "D" (damaged) and
"S" (susceptible) for the embryos cultured on medium
TM
containing 10' and 10' M PURSUIT .
Table 2: M3 Plant Screen: Results of screening M3 progeny of
the four initial wheat selections in the in vitro seed
screen. Embryo Ratings — "T"=Tolerant, "D"=Damaged, and
"S"=Susceptible.
PURSUITTM Concentration = 10-5
Embryo Rating Ave. Shoot Range Shoot
Selection T D S Height (cm) Heiqhts (gml
FS1 21 16 42 -——— 0 - 1-5
FS2 21 14 45 ——— 3-5
PS3 12 9 58 ———- 0 — 4-5
FS4 16 15 31 -—-- O - 3.0
Control 1 60 0 O 15.6 1 - 28
Control 2 O 0 30 ---- -—--
Control M3 27 1 1 14.7 1 — 28
PURSUITTM Concentration = 10-6
Embryo Rating Ave. Shoot Range Shoot
Selection T D S Height (cm) Heights (cm)
FS1 70 O O 9.1 1 - 22
PS2 64 1 O 11.4 1 - 23
PS3 34 12 22 5.2 1 - 23
FS4 59 8 13 13.4 1 - 33
Control 1 20 0 O 23.1 14 - 32
Control 2 O O 15 -—-- -—--
Control M3 15 O O 14.6 2 - 28
Control 1 = Susceptible wheat seed (Fidel) on medium without
herbicide. Control 2 = Susceptible wheat seed (Fidel) on
medium with herbicide. Control M3 = M3 seed from the initial
selections on medium with herbicide.
Based on these in vitro data,‘the mutant
selections exhibit between 10- and 100—fold increased
tolerance to PURSUITTM.
. Segregation Study
A study is performed to assay M progeny of
the initial mutant wheat selections for imidazolinone
resistance and homogeneity. M4 seeds, from M3 plants
(derived from initial selections, FS1- FS4) which
survive the two—step screen described previously, are
used in this study.- In addition, M4 seeds derived from
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M3 plants of each selection which are not screened
(designated "stock" plants) are evaluated as well as
Fidel controls. Seeds, derived from both stock and
screened M3 plants representing each infloresence of
each original wheat selection (FSl—FS4), are planted in
flats at a rate of twenty—five seeds per row and eight
rows per flat. One week after planting, when the
seedlings are at Z12 (two leaf) stage, the plants are
sprayed with 62.5 g/ha PURSUITTM. The herbicide is
applied with a laboratory belt sprayer at a rate of 950
L/ha with a belt speed of 12.5 sec/rev. using sprayer
nozzle #40015E at a height 18 inches above the plants.
Tween ZOTM
is used as a surfactant at 0.25% v/v.
Plants are evaluated three weeks after spraying.
Fidel is completely susceptible to 62.5 g/ha
PURSUITTM (all of these plants die). The imidazoli—
none—resistant winter wheat selections display
excellent tolerance to the postemergent application of
PURSUITTM
The progenies derived from selections FS1, FS2, and F84
at 62.5 g/ha in this greenhouse evaluation.
appear homogeneously resistant to PURSUITTM, even
though a few susceptible plants and progenies with poor
germination are observed. These three selections
appear to be homozygous for resistance. ~The progenies
from FS3 can be all susceptible, segregating or all
resistant. Of segregating progenies with good
germination, approximately one-fourth of the
individuals are susceptible. This selection is
apparently heterozygous, and requires an additional
selfing generation to obtain uniformly homozygous
material. Seed increase plots for all progenies are
planted in the field. Following this greenhouse test,
nonsegregating progenies derived from each individual
selection are bulked to provide sufficient seed for a
field tolerance test (Field Trial I, part 1 of Example
4).
. Genetic Condition Studies
In order to determine whether the mutant
wheat selections are allelic (and possibly derived from
the same mutation) or different, the mutants need to be
intercrossed. Also, resistant lines have to be crossed
with susceptibles (Fidel) to establish the inheritance
pattern for the resistance trait. With this is mind,
all possible crosses and their reciprocals are made
between five parental lines, Fidel, PS1, PS2, F83 and
F84. The F1 hybrids which result from these crosses
are checked for resistance, selfed and test—crossed
back to the susceptible parents in order to produce the
necessary progenies to determine inheritance and
allelism information for the selections.
Experiment 1: Six flats containing Metro Mix
BSOTM are planted with Fl hybrids derived from each of
the following crosses: FS1 x Fidel: FS2 x Fidel: Fs3 x
Fidel; FS4 x Fidel and Fidel (susceptible, parental
cultivar). One week later, the flats are sprayed, one
flat per herbicide rate, with PURSUITTM~at 50, 100,
150, 200, and 250 g/ha to determine the genetic
condition of the herbicide resistant trait in the
selections, FS1-FS4. The herbicide is applied with a
laboratory belt sprayer at a rate of 950 L/ha with a
belt speed of 12.5 sec/rev using sprayer nozzle
#40015E. Tween 2oTM
v/v in the herbicide solutions. Plants are rated 10
is used as the surfactant at 0.25%
days after herbicide treatment.
The hybrids are stunted but not killed at
250 g/ha PURSUITTM, indicating that even in the
heterozygous condition, these plants express relatively
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high levels of resistance to the imidazolinones. Fidel
is killed at a rate of 150 g/ha PURSUITTM
severely injured at rates of 50 and 100 g/ha. The
hybrids, FS x Fidel, FS2 x Fidel, F83 x Fidel, and F84
and is
x Fidel, all express herbicide resistance in the F1
generation. A segregation ratio of 1 resistant: 1
susceptible would suggest a heterozygous condition.
However, this is not observed in any of the four
selections. Based on these data, the gene conferring
herbicide resistance in the resistant wheat mutants is
dominant and homozygous.
Experiment 2: This experiment continues the
evaluation of the mutant wheat selections by examining
herbicide resistance in reciprocal crossed and selfed
material. Reciprocal crosses are made between M3
plants representing each of the original four mutant
selections and between these selections and Fidel.
Progeny of these crosses as well as selfed progeny of
the plants used in the crosses are planted in 6 inch
TM. Ten pots of each cross
azalea pots in Metro Mix 350
are planted with two seeds planted per pot. Ten days
later, all of the selfed and reciprocally crossed
progeny are sprayed postemergence with PURSUITTM“at 200
g/ha. Herbicide treatment is applied as described in
Experiment 1. Plants are thinned to one plant per pot
(by removing the weaker of the two plants per pot) one
week after herbicide treatment. There is 100%
germination of seed from the mutant reciprocal crosses
and greater than 90% germination of seed from the
selfed mutants. None of the mutant crosses is damaged
by the PURSUITTM challenge.
Experiment 3: Testcrosses of the F1 hybrids
(described in Experiment 1) back to Fidel are sprayed
with 200 g/ha of PURSUITTM. The following testcrosses
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are planted in 6 inch azalea pots in Metro Mix 350 .
The number of pots planted per cross is indicated by
the number after the cross:
Fidel X (Fidel/FS1) 12
Fidel X (Fidel/FS2) 21
Fidel X (Fidel/FS3) 9
Fidel X (Fidel/FS4) 8
Fidel* 20
(* There are two plantings of Fidel of
twenty pots each.) Approximately one month later, the
plants are sprayed (except for Fidel). PURSUITTM (200
g/ha) is applied as previously described. The plants
are rated three and one-half weeks later.
Out of 49 test—cross progeny sprayed, 29
survive and 20 are killed. The 29:20 segregation
approximates the 1:1 segregation expected if a single
dominant (or semidominant) gene controls the
inheritance. However, the putative heterozygotes in
this study are damaged considerably more than plants
sprayed with the same rate of herbicide in a previous
study. It is unclear whether treatment at a later
growth stage causes the increased damage to the
heterozygotes, or whether other factors are involved.
Experiment 4: The resistant wheat
selections, Fsl-FS4, are crossed to Fidel and the F1
seed from these crosses is selfed. The crosses are as
follows:
(Fidel X FS1) selfed
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(Fidel X FS2) selfed
(Fidel X FS3) selfed
(Fidel x FS4) selfed
The F2 progeny from these crosses and their
susceptible progenitor variety Fidel are planted in
flats. Five F2 progenies are used for each of the four
crosses. One flat is planted of each progeny for each
cross. The flats consist of six rows per flat with 25
seeds per row. The flats are sprayed postemergence
with 200 g/ha PURSUITTM eleven days later. The
PURSUITTM is applied as previously described.
This rate of PURSUITTM is determined to be
lethal to susceptible wheat, yet non-lethal to plants
heterozygous or homozygous for resistance. Segregation
for herbicide resistance in this progeny confirm that
the resistance trait for each of the four selections
(FS1-FS4) is inherited as a single dominant or
semi-dominant trait. F2 progenies of each of the four
crosses give clean ratios of 3 (resistant): 1
(susceptible) when sprayed postemergence with 200 g/ha
PURSUITTM.
Experiment 5: Crosses and reciprocal crosses
are made between the four mutant wheat selections. The
F1 seed from these crosses is planted and the plants
allowed to self. The F2 seed is harvested and used in_
this experiment to determine allelism of the four
selections. Whole-flats are filled with Metro Mix
BSOTM and are sown with 100 seeds per cross (four rows
with 25 seeds/row). In addition a row of susceptible
Fidel is sown in each flat. Three sources from each
cross are used. when the seedlings reach the Z12
stage, the flats are sprayed with PURSUITTM at 2
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g/ha. The PURSUITTM
solution is applied as previously
described. Four weeks after treatment the number of
resistant versus the number of susceptible plants is
determined.
Allelism studies between the four resistant
wheat selections demonstrate that all the selections
are allelic or very tightly linked. Few or no
susceptible segregants are observed in the F2
generation of intercross hybrids between the
selections. In the event that the genes are nonallelic ~
and unlinked, the F progenies are expected to
segregate in a 15 (resistant)
(susceptible) ratio.
Table 3 presents the results of these genetic condition
studies.
Table 3: Genetic Condition Studies: Number of
Plants which are resistant/susceptible to 200 g/ha
PURSUITTM. Data taken three weeks after treatment.
Source Resist Suscept Source Resist Suscept
(F81/FS2)X-1 71 1 (FS2/FS1)X-1 95 o
(F81/FS2)X-2 85 2 (FS2/FSl)X-2 91 O
(FS1/FS2)X-3 74 1 (FS2/FS1)X-3 97 0
Total 230 4 Total 283 0
(F81/FS3)X—1 82 o (FS3/FS1)X-2 95 o
(F51/FS3)X-2 92 0 (FS3/FS1)X-3 97 o
(FS1/FS3)X-3 93 0 (FS3/FSl)X-5 94 1
Total 267 0 Total 286 1
(F51/FS4)X-1 96 0 (FS4/FS1)X-1 93 l
(PS1/FS4)X-2 90 0 (FS4/FSl)X-2 91 0
(FS1/FS4)X-3 93 2 (FS4/FSl)X—3 94 1
Total 279 2 Total 278 2
(FS2/FS3)X-1 99 0 (FS3/FS2)X-1 96 O
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(FS2/FS3)X-2 87 1 (FS3/FS2)X-2 94 0
(FS2/FS3)X-3 92 0 (FS3/FS2)X-3 96 0
Total 278 1 Total 286 O
(FS2/FS4)X-l 102 0 (FS4/FS2)X-l 94 O
(F82/FS4)X-2 97 O (FS4/FS2)X-2 95 1
(FS2/FS4)X-3 97 1 (FS4/FS2)X-3 95 0
Total 296 1 Total 284 1
(FS3/FS4)X-1 98 0 (FS4/FS3)X-1 95 0
(FS3/FS4)X-2 96 O (FS4/FS3)X-2 100 O
(FS3/FS4)X-3 96 o (F54/Fs3)X-3 94 0
Total 290 0 Total 290 O
In no case does the number of susceptible segregants
approach 1/16th of the total (Table 3). Also, no
maternal effects on inheritance are observed. These
data support the likelihood that all four selections
are derived from the same mutational event or are very
tightly linked.
Experiment 6: Seeds from selfed progeny from
the second backcross of the resistant mutants to Fidel
(susceptible progenitor cultivar) are planted in
standard flats filled with Metro Mix BSQTM. Thirty
seeds are planted per source. Seven to ten days after
planting, these flats are sprayed with 200 g/ha
PURSUITTM
after treatment, the plants are evaluated for
applied as previously described. Three weeks
segregation of the resistance trait. As expected, some
progeny are completely resistant, some progeny are
segregating for resistance, i.e., some progeny are
resistant and some progeny are susceptible, while
other progeny are completely susceptible to herbicide.
Homozygous resistant plants are selected and used to
increase seed quantities (in the nursery) for the
improved resistant cultivar.
EXAMPLE 3
Herbicide Resistance Studies
1. Level and Spectrum of Herbicide Resistance
This greenhouse test examines the level and
spectrum of herbicide resistance of the mutant
selections at the whole plant level. Four
imidazolinones (PURSUITTM, SCEPTERTM, ARSENALTM and
Compound 2 and one sulfonylurea (OUSTTM, a registered
trademark of E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, which
is the methyl ester of o-[[3-(4,6-dimethylpyrimidin—2-
yl)ureido]sulfonyl]-benzoic acid) are tested. Compound
2 is a potential short residual imidazolinone and is
2-(4—isopropyl—4—methyloxoimidazolin-2—yl)
(methoxymethyl)—nicotinic acid. Growth rates, as
determined by plant height, of treated plants are
compared to untreated controls. M4 seed, derived from
M3 plants screened for herbicide resistance using the
two—step screen (seed soak and spray) and unscreened M3
stock plants, are bulked after they are shown to be
non-segregating (see Segregation Study). These lines
are bulked according to their parental lines: PS1,
F82, F83 and PS4. Fidel (wild-type) is used is a
control and for performance comparison purposes. Five
seeds from each of these lines (including Fidel) are
planted per pot in six inch Azalea pots and are later
thinned to three plants per pot. Three replicates are
used per treatment (chemical and rate) for each line,
and six replicates per wheat line are used as untreated
controls. Plants are sprayed postemergence, 10 days
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after planting, with the following herbicides and
rates:
Imidazolinones:
TM
PURSUIT 20, 40, 80, 160, 320 g/ha
TM
SCEPTER 40, 80, 160, 320, 640 g/ha
TM*
ARSENAL 3, 6, 12, 24, 43 g/ha
Compound 2 20, 40, 80, 160, 320 g/ha
Sulfonylurea:
OUSTTM 5, 10, 20, 40, 80 g/ha
(*Note: Plants sprayed with ARSENALTM are
planted three days prior to the plants in the other
treatments; however, measurements are taken with the
other treatments. In addition, although there are
three replicates per ARSENAL rate evaluated, there
are only two plants per pot rather than three.) Tween
ZOTM is added at 0.25% v/v to the herbicide solutions
prior to spraying. The herbicides are applied with a
laboratory belt sprayer at a rate of 400 L/ha at a
distance 45.7 cm (18 inches) above the wheat plants with a
belt speed of 8.2 sec/rev and sprayer nozzle #650l5E.
Plant height is measured immediately prior to spraying and
at one week intervals for four weeks.
The four selections are similar in both their
spectrum and level of resistance. FS3 is slightly less
resistant than the other three selections. Since FS3
is selected as a heterozygote, heterozygous or
susceptible individuals may be inadvertently included
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during bulking of the seed to conduct these
experiments. Based on plant growth four weeks after
treatment, the mutant wheat is resistant to more than
g/ha PURSUITTM, more than 640 g/ha SCEPTERTM, more
than 48 g/ha ARSENALTM, more than 80 g/ha Compound 2,
and more than 5 g/ha OUSTTM. These numbers translate
approximately to an 8-fold increased tolerance to
PURSUITTM, more than a 16-fold inceased tolerance to
SCEPTERTM and ARSENALTM, a 16-fold increase in
tolerance to Compound 2, and a 2-fold increase
tolerance to OUSTTM. Figures 7-10a demonstrate this
tolerance for one of the mutant wheat selections (F51)
to ARSBNALTM, OUSTTM, PURSUITTM, SCEPTERTM, and
Compound 2, respectively.
2. Preemerqence Herbicide Tolerance
In this study the imidazolinones, SCEPTERTM,
PURSUITTM, ARSENALTM, and Compound 2, and the sulfony1—
urea, OUSTTM, are applied pre-emergence (rather than
postemergence as described in part 1 of this Example 3)
to the wheat variety Fidel and the resistant selections
PS2 and PS4 to evaluate herbicide tolerance.
M4 seed of two of the mutant selections, F82
and F54, and seed of the susceptible variety Fidel is
used in this experiment. Five seeds from each wheat
line are planted per pot in Sassafras (sandy loam) soil
in six inch Azalea pots. Four replicates are used per
treatment (chemical & rate) for each line, and six
replicates per wheat line are used as untreated
controls. The day after the seeds are planted, the
pots are sprayed with the following herbicides and
rates:
PURSUITTM 40, 80, 160, 320, 640 g/ha
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TM
ARSENAL 2.5, 5, 10, 20, 40 g/ha
Compound 2 5, 10, 20, 40, 80 g/ha
TM
OUST 5, 10, 20, 40, so g/ha
The herbicides are applied as described above
(Level and Spectrum of Herbicide Resistance). The
pots are watered after spraying. Plant heights are
measured at four weeks after treatment.
Based on plant growth after four weeks, the
selections F52 and PS4 have an approximately 8-fold
increased tolerance to ARSENALTM and PURSUITTM (Figures
12 and 13, respectively), an 8- to 16-fold increased
tolerance for Compound 2 (Figure 14) and SCEPTERTM
(Figure 11). The increase in tolerance to OUSTTM
appears to be 2- to 4-fold. Similar results are
observed for root and shoot fresh weight data measured
seven weeks after treatment.
3. Postemerqence Herbicide Tolerance
In this second greenhouse test, the upper
limits of the mutant selections‘ resistance to
postemergent applications of PURSUITTM and Compound 2
are examined. M4 seed of two of the mutant selections,
FS2 and PS4, and seed of Fidel are used in this
experiment. Five seeds from each line are planted per
TM in six inch Azalea
pot in sterile Metro Mix 350
pots. Immediately prior to herbicide treatment, these
plants are thinned to three plants per pot. Three
replicates are used per treatment (chemical & rate) for
each line, and six replicates per wheat line are used
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as untreated controls. The plants are sprayed
postemergence, 10 days after planting, with the
following herbicides and rates (g/ha):
PURSUITTM: 10, 25, 50, 100, 250, 500, 1000, 2500
Compound 2: 2.5, 5, 10, 25, 50, 100, 250, 500
The herbicides are applied as previously
described. Plant height is measured immediately prior
to spraying. Plant heights are also measured at two
and four weeks after treatment, and shoot fresh weights
measured at seven weeks after treatment.
The selections exhibit initial stunting
symptoms at two weeks after treatment for all treatment
combinations when compared to untreated controls
(Figures 15 and 17). However, by four weeks after
treatment, the F52 and FS4 plant heights equal the
untreated controls at rates up to 500-1000 g/ha
PURSUITTM
(Figure 16) and 25-50 g/ha Compound 2 (Figure
18). The selections display a 40- to 100—fold increased
tolerance to PURSUITTM and Compound 2 applied
postemergence in this test as compared to Fidel
(unselected). Shoot fresh weight data taken
seven weeks after treatment indicates that F52 and F84,
at these same herbicide rates, have fresh weights
equalling 90~100% of the untreated control fresh
weights (Figures 19 and 20).
. Sulfamoylurea Tolerance Premerqence
Two experiments are conducted to determine
whether the imidazolinone resistant wheat selections
express resistance to sulfamoylurea herbicides.
Resistance to four sulfamoylurea herbicides (described
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below) and one sulfonylurea herbicide (OUSTTM) is
tested in postemergence and preemergence tests.
In a first experiment, the mutant wheat
selection, FS2, from bulked M3 - M4 seed and Fidel
seed, is planted in six inch Azalea pots in Sassafras
(sandy loam) soil. Three seeds are planted per pot
initially; these are subsequently thinned to two
plants. There are three replicates of each treatment.
In addition, the untreated controls consist of 15
replicates each of Fidel and F82. Plants are sprayed
preemergence with the following herbicides and rates:
Sulfamoylureas:
Compound 3: 12.5, 25, 50, 100, 200 g/ha
Compound 4: 62.5, 125, 250, 500, 1000 g/ha
Compound 5: 12.5, 25, 50, 100, 200 g/ha
Compound 6: 12.5, 25, 50, 100, 200 g/ha
Compound 3 is 1—(4-methoxy~6-methyl—sw
triazin—2—yl)[(o-propionylphenyl)sulfamoyl]urea,
Compound 4 is l~(4,6-dimethoxypyrimidinyl)~3~[(o~
propionylphenyl)sulfamoyl]urea, Compound 5 is l=[(o~
acetylphenyl)sulfamoyl]w3-(4~methoxy~6»methylw2~pyrimi~
dinyl)urea, and Compound 6 is l~[(o-acetylphenyl)sulfa~
moyl]~3—(4—methoxy-6—methyl~s~triazin~2—yl)urea. All
four compounds are disclosed in U.S. Patent Number
4,622,065.
Sulfonylurea:
OUSTTM: 1.56, 3.125, 6.25, 12.5, 25 g/ha
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The herbicides are applied as previously
described.
The pre—emergence study has very poor
emergence, and again, no differences are observed
visually between Fidel and the resistant selection.
. Sulfamoylurea Tolerance Postemerqence
In a second experiment, the mutant wheat
selection, FS2, from bulked M3 - M4 seed, and Fidel
seed are planted in 6" Azalea pots in sterile Metro Mix
35OTM. Three seeds are planted per pot initially;
these are subsequently thinned to two plants. There
are three replicates of each treatment. In addition,
the untreated controls consist of 15 replicates each of
Fidel and F52. Plants are sprayed postemergence, 12
days after planting, with the following herbicides and
rates:
Sulfamoylureas:
Compound 3: 12.5, 25, 50, 100, 200 g/ha
Compound 4: 62.5, 125, 250, 500, 1000 g/ha
Compound 5: 12.5, 25, 50, 100, 200 g/ha
Compound 6: 12.5, 25, 50, 100, 200 g/ha
Sulfonylurea:
OUSTTM: 6.25, 12.5, 25, 50, 100 g/ha
The herbicides are applied as previously
described.
Resistant and susceptible wheat are treated
with rates of the herbicides expected to cause severe
damage or lethality to the susceptible wheat.
Unfortunately, the susceptible wheat cultivar (Fidel)
is not affected (as observed visually) even by the
highest rates used for the sulfamoylurea herbicides
tested in the postemergence test. Either Fidel wheat
is relatively tolerant to the sulfamoylurea herbicides,
the rates are not high enough to cause damage, or the
herbicide does not damage the wheat for some other ~
reason (formulation, environmental influence, etc.).
The resistant wheat exhibit 2-4 fold increased
tolerance to OUST in this study: these results are
similar to results from previous experiments.
. M3—M Wheat Herbicide Resistance Spectrum
In this experiment, the tolerance of imidazo-
linone-resistant wheat to three sulfonylurea herbicides
(BEACONTM, CLASSICTM and OUSTTM (BEACONTM
trademark of Ciba—Geigy and is 2-[4,6-bis=(difluoro—
is a registered
methoxy)—pyrimidinylcarbamoylsulfamoyl]benzoic acid;
CLASSICTM
is a registered trademark of E.I. du Pont de
Nemours and Company and is the ethyl ester of
o-[[(4—chloro-6~methoxy—2-pyrimidinyl)-carbamoyl]~
sulfamoyl]-benzoic acid), a sulfamoylurea herbicide
(Compound 3), a sulfonylcarboxamide (Compound 1), and
an imidazolinone herbicide (Compound 7, which is
3-(4—isopropyl—4-methyl~5—oxo—2-imidazolin—2—yl)w2w
methyl—crotonic acid), is examined to look for
cross—tolerance to AHAS—inhibiting herbicides other
than the imidazolinones. The mutant wheat selection,
F82, from bulked M3 ~ M4 seed, and Fidel seed are TM
planted in 5" Azalea pots in sterile Metro Mix 350 .
Three seeds are planted per pot initially; these are
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subsequently thinned to two plants. Each treatment
consists of three replicates. In addition, there are
six replicates each of FS2 and Fidel which are used as
untreated controls. Plants are sprayed postemergence,
7 days after planting, with the following herbicides
and rates:
Sulfonylureas:
TM
BEACON : 15.6, 31.3, 62.5, 125, 250 g/ha
TM
CLASSIC : 31.3, 62.5, 125, 250, 500 g/ha
TM
OUST : 6.25, 12.5, 25, 50, 100 g/ha
Sulfamoylurea:
Compound 3: 125, 250, 500, 1000, 2000 g/ha
Sulfonylcarboxamide:
Compound 1: 250, 500, 1000, 2000, 4000 g/ha
Imidazolinone:_
Compound 7: 187.5, 375, 750 g/ha
The herbicides are applied as previously
described. Plants are rated at two, three and four
weeks after treatment with herbicide.
Cross-resistance to the sulfonylureas
(Figures 21, 22 and 24), the sulfamoylurea (Figure 23)
or the sulfonylcarboxamide (Figure 25) is 0-2 fold,
similar to that observed in earlier studies with
OUSTTM. The resistance to the imidazolinone Compound 7
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is similar to that observed previously for PURSUITTM or
ARSENALTM (greater than 10 fold) (Figure 26). No
appreciable increases in resistance to
non-imidazolinone herbicides are observed.
EXAMPLE 4
Field trials
1. Field Trial I ~
A field study is conducted to evaluate the
tolerance of the imidazolinone-resistant wheat
selections, FS1-FS4, to postemergent applications of
imidazolinone herbicides. The variety Fidel, from
which these selections are derived, is included as a
susceptible check. Because Fidel is a French winter
wheat variety and unadapted to New Jersey, this test
is intended to evaluate the relative effects of the
herbicide treatments on grain yields rather than to
measure actual yield potentials for the genotypes.
Thus, yields are presented as grams/plot rather than
bushels/acre or metric tons/ha.
M4 bulked seed from parental lines, F81, F82,
FS3 and F54 and Fidel wild~type, is used in this field
trial“ The trial is planted in an incomplete split plot
design with the main plot as h€fbiCid€‘LdLc combination
and the split plot as genotypes. There are three
replicates for each treatment (chemical and rate),
however replicates #2 and #3 do not include the mutant
wheat selection FS3 due to lack of sufficient bulked
seed: The plots are three meters long and 1.5 meters
wide (7 rows with 17.8 cm (7 inch) spacing between rows) with
approximately 25 seed planted per row. There is a one
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meter space between wheat lines and ten meters between
replicates.
The treatments include the following:
Untreated Controls
PURSUITTM: 100 and zoo g/ha
Compound 2: 50 and 100 g/ha
Compound 8: 100 and 200 g/ha
Compound 8 is 5—formyl—2~(4—isopropyl~4v
methyl—5-oxo-2—imidazolinyl)-nicotinic acid,
-(dimethyl acetal), and is described in published
European Patent Application Number 322,616.
Treatments are applied at a rate of 400 L/ha
with a tractor mounted sprayer. Tween ZOTM is used as
a surfactant at 0.25% v/v. Wheat is treated at the Z22
stage or approximately 15.2 cm (6 inches) tall. Plant
height and damage ratings are taken at 3 and 6 weeks after
treatment. Yields are taken 10 weeks after treatment.
Three weeks after treatment, the resistant
wheat selections appear to be unaffected by these
herbicide treatments as measured by plant height
(Figure 27). No obvious visible effects of the
herbicide treatments on the resistant selections are
observed. These selections when untreated are slightly
shorter than untreated Fidel. The susceptible cultivar
(Fidel) is severely stunted by these same treatments.
The plant heights of the resistant wheat
selections are still unaffected by herbicide treatment
at six weeks after treatment (Figure 28). Fidel is
severely stunted or killed by the herbicide treatments
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while the resistant selections are apparently
unaffected by the treatments. The final plant heights
of the untreated selections are nearly equal to the
height of untreated Fidel, even though at three weeks
after treatment, the untreated selections are shorter
than untreated Fidel. The resistant wheat selections
appear to grow at a somewhat slower rate than unsprayed
Fidel, presumably due to deleterious recessive
mutations. These recessive mutations are removed by
backcrossing using techniques available to those
skilled in the art.
FS1, FS2, and FS4 exhibit no yield
reductions following postemergent treatment with any
of the herbicide treatments. In contrast, Fidel has a
% yield reduction when treated with PURSUITTM at 100
g/ha and a greater than 75% yield reduction with the
other herbicide treatments. The untreated Fidel yields
significantly more than Fsl or FS4 (133 g/plot versus
40 g/plot and 76 g/plot, respectively). The mean yield
for FS2 (98 g/plot) is also less than unsprayed Fidel,
but not significantly less at ten weeks after treatment
(Figure 29). The lower yields of the selections are
not unexpected; the mutants exhibit less vigor and
weaker stand establishment than Fidel,Apresumably due
to the presence of deleterious genes caused by the
mutagenesis procedure but unrelated to the imidazoli-
none resistance trait. It is somewhat surprising that
Fsl, F82, and F34 display such wide differences in
yield considering that all three are very likely
derived from the same mutational event. The selections
appear to be fully resistant to the herbicide
treatments tested with respect to both plant height and
grain yield.
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. Field Trial II
A second field study is planted to evaluate
the tolerance of the imidazolinone resistant wheat
selections, FS4, to postemergent applications of the
imidazolinone herbicides PURSUITTM, CADRETM, Compound 2,
and Compound 8, and the sulfonylurea herbicide,
ACCENT . CADRETM is a registered trademark of
American Cyanamid Company. CADRETM
is 2-(4-isopropyl-
4-methyloxo—2—imidazolin—2-yl)-5—methylnicotinic
acid and is described in U.S. Patent Number 4,798,619.
ACCENTTM is a registered trademark of E.I. du Pont de
Nemours and Company and is l—(4,6-dimethoxypyrimidin—2—
yl)—3—(3~dimethylcarbamoyl—2-pyridylsulfonyl)urea. The
variety Fidel is included as a susceptible checks
M5 seeds from the highest yielding FS4 lines
in the Field Trial I nursery are bulked and used in
this field trial along with seed from Fidel» The trial
is planted in an incomplete split plot design with the
main plot representing herbicide treatment and the
split plot representing genotypes. There are eleven
treatments with three replicates for each treatment
(chemical and rate). The plots are three meters long
and 1.5 meters wide (7 rows with 17.8 cm (7 inch) spacing
between rows) with a seeding density of approximately 100
Seed ‘W2. There is a 0.5 meter space between wheat lines
“? :ee meters between replicates.
The treatments include the following:
Untreated Controls
Imidazolinones:
PURSUITTM: 100 and 200 g/ha
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Compound 2: 50 and 100 g/ha
Compound 8: 100 and 200 g/ha
CADRETM: 50 and 100 g/ha
sulfonylurea:
ACCENTTM: 20 and 40 g/ha
Treatments are applied at a rate of 200 L/ha
with a backpack sprayer. X—77TM
, a non-ionic
surfactant (Balent Corporation), is used as the wetting
agent at 0.25% V/v. wheat is treated at the Z27-Z28
stage when the plants are approximately 30-35 cm tall.
Plant height and damage ratings are taken at 1, 2, 3
and 6 weeks after treatment. Yields are taken 10 weeks
after treatment.
After three weeks, Fidel growth is severely
inhibited by all herbicide treatments. The resistant
selection FS4 exhibits tolerance to all the
imidazolinones tested; however, no cross resistance to
the sulfonylurea herbicide (ACCENTTM) is observed.
Figure 30 shows measurements taken at six weeks after
treatment, indicating that there is no effect of
postemergent treatment with PURSUITTM, CADRETM, _
Compound 2,or Compound 8 on final plant height. The
resistant wheat has little or no tolerance to ACCENTTM.
The comparable susceptible variety is severely stunted
or killed at these herbicide rates. Grain yields
presented as the means across three replications are
presented in Figure 31. Grain yield of the resistant
wheat selection FS4 is not reduced by any of the
imidazolinone treatments. Yields of Fidel are severely
reduced or eliminated by treatment with imidazolinone
herbicides. Both the resistant and susceptible Fidel
give little or no grain yield following treatment with
ACCENTTM. The effects on grain yield resulting from
treatment of Fidel with imidazolinones are even more
severe than the reductions in plant height described
above.
The resistant wheat used to plant this field
trial is obtained by bulking several seed increase
plots harvested in Field Trial 1. Each increase plot
is derived from a single plant. Even though no
backcrossing to Fidel is done with this material, seed
sources with poor germination and agronomic performance
are able to be eliminated. As a result, grain yields
of the resistant selections are much improved as
compared to those measured in Field Trial I. The
yields obtained for resistant wheat in untreated
control plots are equal to those obtained for
susceptible Fidel in untreated plots. This indicates
that the inclusion of a gene for imidazolinone-
resistance has no inherent effect on grain yield.
EXAMPLE 5
Enzyme Studies
. Initial Assay 133 Plants)
Herbicide Application: M3 plants from the
four initial mutant plants (F81, F82, F83 and F84), are
tested for metabolic AHAS (acetohydroxyacid synthase)
activity. Plants exhibiting resistance after the first
seed soak and spray screen with PURSUITTM are
transferred from flats to individual pots. when these
plants are three weeks old, two plants of each mutant
selection, FS1—FS4, receive a second application of
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PURSUIT at 62.5 g/ha while two of each selection are
left unsprayed. Sprayed and unsprayed susceptible
Fidel plants are also included in this experiment.
Approximately half the foliage above the soil line of
each plant is removed and assayed two days after the
herbicide application for inhibition of AHAS by valine
and leucine (as a control), SCEPTERTM, PURSUITTM,
OUSTTM, and a sulfonylcarboxamide herbicide, Compound
9. Compound 9 is 2~acetamido—2,3-dimethyl—N-
(p-tolylsulfonyl)butyramide, and is described in U.S.
Patent Number 4,883,914.
In unsprayed plants, weak resistance to
PURSUITTM is seen in the resistant wheat lines.
However, a dramatic increase in the AHAS resistance to
PURSUITTM is seen in the sprayed FS1—FS4 plants as
compared to the sprayed wild type. Figures 32-35
demonstrate these results for one of the four resistant
selections (F81) and for wild-type (susceptible) Fidel
plants. Therefore, resistance of FS1 — PS4 to
PURSUITTM appears to be due to the presence of an
altered AHAS which is resistant to inhibition by
PURSUITTM.
Enzyme Extraction: For the extraction of
AHAS, 10 grams of tissue are powdered in.liquid
nitrogen and then homogenized in 100 mM potassium
phosphate buffer (pH 7.5) containing 10 mM pyruvate, 5
mM MgCl2, 5 uM EDTA, 100 uM FAD, 1 mM valine, 1 mm
leucine, 10% glycerol, and 10 mM cysteine. The
homogenate is filtered through a nylon cloth (53 pM
mesh) and centrifuged at 25,000g for 20 minutes. The
supernatant fraction is brought to 50% saturation with
respect to (NH4)2SO and allowed to stand for 20-30
minutes on ice. It is then centrifuged at 25,000g for
minutes and the supernatant is discarded. The
ammonium sulfate pellet is dissolved in 50 mM potassium
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phosphate buffer (pH 7.5) containing 1 mM EDTA and 100
mM NaCl and used for the assay procedures.
AHAS Assay: AHAS activity is measured by
estimation of the product, acetolactate, after
conversion by decarboxylation in the presence of acid
to acetoin. Standard reaction mixtures contain the
enzyme in 50 mM potassium phosphate buffer (pH 7.0)
containing 100 mM sodium pyruvate, 10 mM MgCl2, 1 mM
thiamine pyrophosphate, and 10 uM FAD. This mixture is
incubated at 370C for one hour after which time the
reaction is stopped with the addition of H2804 to make
a final concentration of 0.85% H2804 in the tube. The
reaction product is allowed to decarboxylate at 600C
for 15 minutes. The acetoin formed is determined by
incubating with creatine (0.17%) and 1-napthol (1.7% in
4N NaOH) by the method of Westerfield (Westerfield, W.
W., J. Biol. Chem., 161, 495-502 (1945)). Maximum
color is observed by incubation at 60°C for 15 minutes
and then further incubation at room temperature for 15
minutes. The absorption of color complex is measured
at 520 nm. Appropriate checks of direct acetoin
formation during the enzyme assay are made. Each assay
is run at least in duplicate and the experiments are
repeated a minimum of two times. ~
. Enzyme Assay I 1&4 Plants)
Herbicide Application: Two flats are planted
with approximately 100 seeds of each wheat selection
(F81, F82, and F84) and Fidel in sterile Metro Mix
350. Ten days later, each flat is sprayed
postemergence with 62.5 g/ha of PURSUITTM. The spray
delivery rate is 400 L/ha with a belt speed of 8.2
sec/rev using nozzle #650l5E. Tween ZOTM is used as a
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surfactant at 0.25% V/V. The plants are harvested
three days later and assayed for AHAS activity.
Enzyme Extraction and AHAS Assay: As
previously described.
. Enzyme Assay II (M4 Plants)
Herbicide Application: As described above
(Enzyme Assay I) except that the spray delivery rate is
950 l/ha with a belt speed of 12.8 sec/rev using nozzle
#400153.
Enzyme Extraction and AHAS Assay: As
previously described.
The results from these two sets of
experiments are very similar. AHAS activity from all
four homozygous resistant mutant lines obtained from
unsprayed plants shows moderate levels of resistance to
PURSUITTM as compared to the enzyme from the wild type
control plants (Fidel). However, a significantly
higher level of resistance to PURSUITTM is observed in
the enzyme from selections which are sprayed as
compared to the enzyme from the sprayed Fidel plants
(Figures 36-39). Some resistance to SCEPTERTM and
OUSTTM is also observed, but the level Qf resistance is
lower than that for PURSUITTM. The spectrum and level
of resistance to various herbicides is very similar in
all the mutants which suggests that all four mutants
may be the result of a single mutational event. This
conclusion is confirmed by genetic approaches described
above.
Claims (8)
1. A method of screening for the selection of mutations which confer acetohydroxyacid synthase inhibiting herbicide resistance to wheat which comprises mutagenizing wheat seeds with a chemical mutagen selected from the group consisting of sodium azide, N—methyl—N—nitrosourea, N—ethyl-N—nitrosourea, ethyl methanesulfonate, hydroxylamine and hydrazine, soaking the mutagenized seeds in an acetohydroxyacid synthase inhibiting herbicide-containing solution containing a particular class of acetohydroxyacid synthase inhibiting herbicide, planting the soaked seeds in soil and spraying the soil containing seeds with an acetohydroxyacid synthase inhibiting herbicide of the same or different class as that used in the seed soak step prior to the emergence of seedlings from the soil, such that the emergent wheat plants which are normal in appearance are resistant to the class of acetohydroxyacid synthase inhibiting herbicide used in the seed soak and/or spraying steps.
2. The method of Claim 1 wherein the acetohydroxyacid synthase inhibiting herbicide used in the seed soak step is the same as that used in the seed spraying step.
3. The method of Claim 1 wherein the acetohydroxyacid synthase inhibiting herbicide used in the seed soak step is different from that used in the seed spraying step.
4. The method of Claim 1 wherein the class of acetohydroxyacid synthase inhibiting herbicide is selected from the group consisting of the -54.. imidazolinones, the sulfamoylureas, the sulfonylcarboxw amides, the sulfonamides and the sulfonylureas.
5. The method of Claim 4 wherein the imidazolinone is selected from the group consisting of 2-(4—isopropyl—4-methyloxo—2—imidiazo1inyl)~ nicotinic acid, 2-(4—isopropyl)-4—methyl~5—oxoimida~ zolin-2—yl)quinolinecarboxylic acid, 5-ethyl (4-isopropyl—4-methyl-5—oxoimidazolin-2—yl)-nicotin~ ic acid, 2-(4—isopropyl—4-methyl—5-oxoimidazolin—2- yl)-5—(methoxymethyl)-nicotinic acid, 5~f0rmyl—2-(4- isopropyl-4—methy1—5-oxoimidazolin—2—yl)-nicotinic acid, 5-(dimethyl acetal), 3—(4—isopropyl—4-methyl- 5—oxo—2—imidazolinyl)methyl—crotonic acid), 2~(4—isopropy1~4—methy1m5-oxo~2—imidazolin—2=yl)~5~ methylnicotinic acid, and a mixture of methyl 6~(4~ isopropyl-4—methyloxo~2~imidazolin~2-yl)-m—toluate and methyl 2-(4-isopropylmethyl-5—oxo—2-imidazolin- 2~yl)~g—toluate.
6. Use of a seed derived from wheat plants obtained by the method of any one of claims 1 to 5 for the production of wheat.
7. A method according to any one of claims 1 to 5, substantially as described herein-by way of example.
8. Use according to claim 6, substantially as described herein by way of example. TOMKINS & CO.
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