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Potential model weeds to study genomics, ecology, and physiology in the 21st century

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Wun S. Chao ,
Dave P. Horvath ,
James V. Anderson  and
Michael E. Foley
Dave P. Horvath
Affiliation:
U.S. Department of Agriculture—Agricultural Research Service, Biosciences Research Laboratory Plant Science Research, Fargo, ND 58105-5674
James V. Anderson
Affiliation:
U.S. Department of Agriculture—Agricultural Research Service, Biosciences Research Laboratory Plant Science Research, Fargo, ND 58105-5674
Michael E. Foley
Affiliation:
U.S. Department of Agriculture—Agricultural Research Service, Biosciences Research Laboratory Plant Science Research, Fargo, ND 58105-5674
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Abstract

Plant model systems have contributed greatly to the dramatic progress in understanding the fundamental aspects of plant biology. Using model weeds will also help facilitate focused funding and research in the weed science community. Criteria for developing model weeds require attention to weedy characteristics that impart economic losses and a wide geographic distribution, attributes that present the potential for political and scientific support. Expressed sequence tag (EST) databases for model weeds are the most practical approach to identifying new genes and obtaining data on the gene expression underlying weedy characteristics. Weeds such as Canada thistle, eastern black nightshade, johnsongrass, jointed goatgrass, leafy spurge, waterhemp, and weedy rice are proposed as model systems.

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Canada thistle, Cirsium arvense (L.) Scop CIRARcommon waterhemp, Amaranthus rudis Sauer AMATAeastern black nightshade, Solanum ptycanthum Dun. SOLPTjohnsongrass, Sorghum halepense (L.) Pers SORHAjointed goatgrass, Aegilops cylindrica Host. AEGCYleafy spurge, Euphorbia esula L. EUPESred rice (weedy rice), Oryza sativa L. ORYSAtall waterhemp, Amaranthus tuberculatus (Moq.) J. D. Sauer AMATUGenomicsmodel systemsweedy characteristicsweed science

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Weed Science , Volume 53 , Issue 6 , December 2005 , pp. 929 - 937
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