Rethinking and revitalising herbicides to counter resistance

杂草和除草剂抗性日益增强的杂草是农业的主要减产因素。该项目旨在开发克服阻力的创新方法。该项目期望(I)使除草剂发挥更有效的作用，(Ii)揭示一种未得到充分利用的除草剂的新作用模式，以及(Iii)为除草剂指定分解途径。该项目的预期成果是：(I)找到罕见但真正具有协同作用的除草剂组合；(Ii)揭示一种日本以外的杂草尚未进化出抗药性的除草剂；以及(Iii)确定如何最好地制造击穿阻断剂。使用现有除草剂的一个好处是方法接近市场，因此有了合作伙伴Nexgen工厂，其结果可以商业化。

Weeds and increasingly herbicide resistant weeds are the major yield penalty for agriculture. This project aims to develop innovative ways to overcome resistance. This project expects to (i) make herbicides work more efficiently, (ii) reveal a new mode of action for an under-used herbicide and (iii) assign breakdown pathways to herbicides. Expected outcomes of this project are to (i) to find rare, but truly synergistic herbicide combinations; (ii) reveal a herbicide against which weeds outside of Japan have not evolved resistance to; and (iii) establish how best to make breakdown blockers. A benefit of using existing herbicides is the approaches are close to market, so with partner Nexgen Plants, its outcomes can be commercialised.