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Increased Glyphosate Tolerance in ‘Aurora Gold’ Hard Fescue (Festuca longifolia)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Stephen E. Hart ,
Jeffrey F. Derr ,
Darren W. Lycan ,
Crystal Rose-Fricker  and
William A. Meyer
Stephen E. Hart*
Affiliation:
Department of Plant Biology and Plant Pathology, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Cook College, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
Jeffrey F. Derr
Affiliation:
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Hampton Roads Ag. Res. and Ext. Center, 1444 Diamond Springs Road, Virginia Beach, VA 23455
Darren W. Lycan
Affiliation:
Department of Plant Biology and Plant Pathology, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Cook College, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
Crystal Rose-Fricker
Affiliation:
Pure Seed Testing, Canby, OR 97013
William A. Meyer
Affiliation:
Department of Plant Biology and Plant Pathology, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Cook College, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
*
Corresponding author's E-mail: hart@aesop.rutgers.edu
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Abstract

Studies were conducted in New Jersey and Virginia to evaluate the response of ‘Aurora Gold’ hard fescue, which had undergone five cycles of phenotypic recurrent selection for increased glyphosate tolerance, to direct applications of glyphosate. ‘Discovery’ hard fescue, which had not undergone recurrent selection, was also included in the study. Glyphosate treatments were initiated in early/mid-May and applied once, twice, or three times at 4- to 5-wk intervals at rates ranging from 0.1 to 1.6 kg ae/ha. Aurora Gold was more tolerant to glyphosate than Discovery in all experiments, indicating that recurrent selection was successful in increasing glyphosate tolerance in hard fescue. Single applications of glyphosate at rates ranging from 0.6 to 0.8 kg/ha could be applied to Aurora Gold with minimal injury or stand thinning (<20%), whereas multiple applications of glyphosate could be applied at rates ranging from 0.4 to 0.6 kg/ha. The use of Aurora Gold in areas planted to hard fescue, such as golf course roughs, vineyards, orchards, and landscapes, would allow the integration of direct glyphosate applications into an overall weed management program providing potential economic and environmental benefits.

Keywords

Glyphosatehard fescue, Festuca longifolia Thuill. ‘Aurora Gold’, ‘Discovery’Herbicide toleranceEPSP, 5-enolpyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate synthaseGC, ground coverMAT, month after treatment
Type
Research Article
Information
Weed Technology , Volume 19 , Issue 3 , September 2005 , pp. 640 - 646
Copyright
Copyright © Weed Science Society of America 

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