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. 2019 Mar 26;14(3):e0214458. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0214458

Table 2. List of herbicide treatments, herbicide resistance mechanism(s), and genotypes of Palmer amaranth (Amaranthus palmeri S. Watson) treated to chlorimuron-ethyl, fomesafen, and glyphosate separately and in all possible combinations in the greenhousea.

Herbicide treatment Rate Resistance mechanism(s) testedb Total possible genotypes Genotypes identified in surviving herbicide treated plantsc
g ai or ae ha-1 ────────── # ──────────
Chlorimuron-ethyl 39 Trp574Leu 3 3
Fomesafen 1,026 ΔG210 3 2
Glyphosate 2,500 Amplified EPSPS 2 1
Chlorimuron-ethyl plus fomesafen 39 plus 1,026 Trp574Leu and ΔG210 9 2
Chlorimuron-ethyl plus glyphosate 39 plus 2,500 Trp574Leu and Amplified EPSPS 6 3
Fomesafen plus glyphosate 1,026 plus 2,500 ΔG210 and amplified EPSPS 6 3
Chlorimuron-ethyl plus fomesafen plus glyphosate 39 plus 1,026 plus 2,500 Trp574Leu, ΔG210, and amplified EPSPS 18 7

a Abbreviations: EPSPS, 5-enolpyruvylshikimate-3-phosphase synthase;

b Alleles for Trp574Leu and ΔG210 resistance mechanisms were heterozygous, homozygous-resistant, or wild type for a total of three possible genotypes. Two genotypes were possible for EPSPS copy number. Plants with ten or more EPSPS copies possessed the EPSPS amplified genotype and plants with EPSPS copy number from 1 to 9 were denoted as the wild type.

c Confirmed herbicide-resistant genotypes using molecular screening assays.