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Development of a Rapid Assay to Detect Reduced Fluridone Sensitivity in Invasive Watermilfoils

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Sarah T. Berger ,
Michael D. Netherland  and
Gregory E. MacDonald
Sarah T. Berger
Affiliation:
Agronomy Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611
Michael D. Netherland*
Affiliation:
U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center Research Biologist, Gainesville, FL 32653
Gregory E. MacDonald
Affiliation:
Agronomy Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611
*
Corresponding author's E-mail: [email protected].
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Abstract

Fluridone has been used to successfully manage Eurasian watermilfoil since the late 1980s. However, recent documentation of hybrid watermilfoils and the resulting potential for reduced herbicide sensitivity necessitate the need for an assay to determine individual population response to fluridone. A known fluridone-resistant hybrid watermilfoil population from Townline Lake in Michigan was compared to 11 Eurasian and hybrid watermilfoil populations in laboratory experiments to develop a method for determining response to fluridone. Apical shoot tips were exposed to increasing concentrations of fluridone (0 to 48 μg L−1) for 3, 5, and 7 d. Chlorophyll fluorescence (Fv/Fm) was evaluated using a pulse-amplitude modulated fluorometer at each interval along with pigment analysis of chlorophyll and β-carotene at the 7-d interval. Fv/Fm and pigment analysis yielded the same results. A fluridone concentration of 12 μg L−1 and an analysis interval of 7 d were found to be optimal in determining invasive watermilfoil response to fluridone. Use of such small-scale assays can provide resource managers a rapid tool to cost-effectively evaluate invasive watermilfoil response to fluridone.

Fluridone ha sido usado para manejar exitosamente Myriophyllum spicatum desde finales de los 1980s. Sin embargo, recientemente se ha documentado la existencia de Myriophyllum híbridos (M. spicatum × Myriophyllum sibiricum) con el potencial de que tengan una sensibilidad reducida a herbicidas, lo que hace necesario un ensayo que determine la respuesta de poblaciones individuales a fluridone. Una población híbrida de Myriophyllum con resistencia conocida a fluridone proveniente del Lago Townline en Michigan fue comparada con 11 poblaciones de M. spicatum y de Myriophyllum híbridos en experimentos de laboratorio para desarrollar un método para determinar la respuesta a fluridone. Las puntas del tallo apical fueron expuestas a concentraciones crecientes de fluridone (0 a 48 μg L−1) por 3, 5, y 7 s. Se evaluó la fluorescencia de chlorophyll (Fv/Fm) usando un fluorómetro de pulso de amplitud modulada, en cada intervalo de tiempo, además de hacer análisis de los pigmentos chlorophyll y β-carotene después de 7 días. Fv/Fm y el análisis de pigmentos produjeron los mismos resultados. Una concentración de 12 μg L−1 de fluridone y el analizar los resultados después de 7 d fue el óptimo para determinar la respuesta de Myriophyllum a fluridone. El uso de un ensayo de pequeña escala como este puede ser una herramienta para evaluar en forma rápida y a bajo costo la respuesta a fluridone de la especie invasiva Myriophyllum.

Keywords

FluridoneEurasian watermilfoil, Myriophyllum spicatum L.hybrid watermilfoils (M. spicatum × Myriophyllum sibiricum)Chlorophyll fluorescencerapid assayresistance detection
Type
Research Article
Information
Weed Technology , Volume 29 , Issue 3 , September 2015 , pp. 605 - 610
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Copyright © Weed Science Society of America 

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