WILD RADISH (Raphanus raphanistrum) with GROUP B/2 resistance: (INHIBITION OF ACETOLACTATE SYNTHASE ) Inhibition of Acetolactate Synthase
MUTATION: ALANINE 122 to TYROSINE
Wild Radish (Raphanus raphanistrum) is a dicot plant in the brassicaceae family. A single amino acid substitution from Alanine 122 to Tyrosine has led to resistance to Inhibition of Acetolactate Synthase as indicated in the table below.		Wild Radish

Chemical Family	Example Herbicide	Resistance Level
Imidazolinones	Imazethapyr	Resistant > 10 fold
Pyrimidinyl benzoates	Bispyribac-Na	Not Determined
Sulfonylureas	Chlorsulfuron	Resistant > 10 fold
Triazolopyrimidine - Type 1	Chloransulam-methyl	Resistant > 10 fold
Triazolinones	Flucarbazone-Na	Not Determined

REFERENCES

Han HePing ; Yu Qin ; Purba, E. ; Li Mei ; Walsh, M. ; Friesen, S. ; Powles, S. B.. 2012. A novel amino acid substitution ala-122-Tyr in ALS confers high-level and broad resistance across ALS-inhibiting herbicides. Pest Management Science 68 : 1164 - 1170.

BACKGROUND: Wild radish, a problem weed worldwide, is a severe dicotyledonous weed in crops. In Australia, sustained reliance on ALS-inhibiting herbicides to control this species has led to the evolution of many resistant populations endowed by any of several ALS mutations. The molecular basis of ALS-inhibiting herbicide resistance in a novel resistant population was studied. RESULTS: ALS gene sequencing revealed a previously unreported substitution of Tyr for Ala at amino acid position 122 in resistant individuals of a wild radish population (WARR30). A purified subpopulation individually homozygous for the Ala-122-Tyr mutation was generated and characterised in terms of its response to the different chemical classes of ALS-inhibiting herbicides. Whole-plant dose-response studies showed that the purified subpopulation was highly resistant to chlorsulfuron, metosulam and imazamox, with LD₅₀ or GR₅₀ R/S ratio of >1024, >512 and >137 respectively. The resistance to imazypyr was found to be relatively moderate (but still substantial), with LD₅₀ and GR₅₀ R/S ratios of >16 and >7.8 respectively. In vitro ALS activity assays showed that Ala-122-Tyr ALS was highly resistant to all tested ALS-inhibiting herbicides. CONCLUSION: The molecular basis of ALS-inhibiting herbicide resistance in wild radish population WARR30 was identified to be due to an Ala-122-Tyr mutation in the ALS gene. This is the first report of an amino acid substitution at Ala-122 in the plant ALS that confers high-level and broad-spectrum resistance to ALS-inhibiting herbicides, a remarkable contrast to the known mutation Ala-122-Thr endowing resistance to imidazolinone herbicide..

This case was entered by Patrick Tranel Email: tranel@illinois.edu

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