Development of a field test kit for identifying ACCasE and ALS resistance in Blackgrass

控制作物中的杂草是全球农业面临的最大挑战之一，与害虫和疾病等所有其他生物限制相比，杂草造成的产量损失更大，投入成本更高。实现这一关键目标在英国可耕地农业中变得特别成问题，这主要是由于除草剂抗性的进化，这种抗性现在在禾本科杂草中达到流行病的比例，特别是黑草。改善杂草抗性管理依赖于及时和有针对性的干预措施。该项目汇集了诊断供应商（Genesys有限公司），基础科学（纽卡斯尔大学）和农学家（Velcourt），首次提供了一种廉价的现场测试，用于实时检测黑草中的靶点抗性（TSR）。测试结果将直接告知用户适当的杂草控制干预策略，从而能够在每个地点选择最合适的除草剂类别。这将减少无效喷洒的支出，减少损失，最大限度地提高产量和作物生产力，同时确保负责任地使用除草剂

Controlling weeds in crops is one of the greatest challenges to global agriculture, responsible for higher yield losses and greater input costs than all other biological constraints such as pests and diseases. Achieving this critical aim has become particularly problematic in UK arable agriculture, due largely to the evolution of herbicide resistance which is now reaching epidemic proportions in grass weeds, in particular black grass. Improved management of resistance in weeds relies on timely and targeted interventions. This project brings together diagnostic providers (Genesys ltd), underpinning science (University of Newcastle) and agronomists (Velcourt) to provide for the first time an inexpensive in-field test for real-time detection of target site resistance (TSR) in black grass. The results from the tests will directly inform the user on appropriate weed control intervention strategies, enabling selection of the most appropriate class of herbicide at each site. This will reduce expenditure on ineffective spraying, decrease losses maximising yield and crop productivity whilst enabling responsible use of herbicides