Weedy and Invasive Plant Genomics

Weedy and Invasive Plant Genomics......Page 5
Contents......Page 9
Contributors......Page 13
Preface......Page 17
Genomics To A Weed Scientist......Page 21
Resistance......Page 22
Better Use Of Existing Herbicides......Page 26
Weeds As A Source Of Genes For Crop Improvement......Page 29
Tools And Approaches For Understanding Weediness At The Molecular Level......Page 30
Introduction: Arabidopsis And Weediness......Page 43
Questions About Weeds—Can Arabidopsis Genomics Answer Them?......Page 45
The Misdirected Approach In Using Arabidopsis To Elucidate New Herbicide Targets......Page 46
Arabidopsis Genomics Can Help In Dealing With Transgene Flow—In A Limited Manner......Page 47
Lessons To Be Learned......Page 48
4: Model Weeds For Genomics Research......Page 51
What Makes A Good Model Species?......Page 52
Leveraging From Other Models......Page 54
Genomics Tools For Weeds That Are Under Development......Page 62
The Amaranthus Genus......Page 71
Hybridization And Adaptive Evolution......Page 79
Herbicide Resistance......Page 82
Currently Available Genomic Resources......Page 89
Needs And Opportunities......Page 93
6: Evolutionary Genomics Of Weedy Rice......Page 101
Phenotypic Diversity Of Weedy Rice......Page 102
Genomic Diversity Of Weedy Rice......Page 103
The Origin(s) And Evolution Of Weedy Rice......Page 107
The Genetic Basis Of Weediness And Use Of Weedy Rice In Crop Breeding......Page 112
7: Rhizomatousness: Genes Important For A Weediness Syndrome......Page 117
Developmental Context......Page 118
An Exemplary Case: Johnsongrass......Page 119
Dissecting The Genetic Control Of Rhizomatousness......Page 121
Early Insights Into The Sorghum Rhizo-Transcriptome......Page 123
Future Work And Potential Applications......Page 125
Synthesis......Page 127
Regulation Of Shoot Development And Growth......Page 131
Regulation Of Bud Dormancy......Page 134
Case Study: Leafy Spurge......Page 135
Future Work......Page 140
9: Herbicide Resistance: Target Site Mutations......Page 145
Resistance To Photosystem II-Inhibiting Herbicides......Page 146
Resistance To Acetohydroxyacid Synthase-Inhibiting Herbicides......Page 149
Resistance To Acetyl Coenzyme A Carboxylase-Inhibiting Herbicides......Page 154
Resistance To Glyphosate......Page 156
Resistance To Microtubule Assembly Inhibitors......Page 158
Resistance To Phytoene Desaturase Inhibitors......Page 159
Herbicide Application And Resistance......Page 167
Signal Transduction......Page 168
Detoxification And Modification......Page 169
Resistance Versus Tolerance In Weed Science......Page 181
Tolerance In Evolutionary Ecology......Page 184
Tolerance Traits And The Genomics Of Tolerance......Page 189
Why Again Should We Focus On Tolerance, Tolerance Traits, And The Genomics Of Tolerance?......Page 190
Why Study Invasive Plant Genomics?......Page 195
Spotted Knapweed Life History......Page 196
Allelopathy And The Novel Weapons Hypothesis......Page 198
Genomics Resources And Approaches For Studying Spotted Knapweed......Page 203
13: Molecular Ecology Of Plant Competition......Page 215
Competition Signals And Their Perception By Plants......Page 216
Molecular Basis Of Competitively Important Traits......Page 225
Transcriptomic Insights Into Competitive Interactions Of Weedy Plants......Page 229
14: Genomics And Weeds: A Synthesis......Page 239
From Fundamental Information To Practical Solutions......Page 240
Where Do We Go From Here?......Page 259
Index......Page 267