Active principle of herbicide |
Inhibited pathway |
Target product |
Use |
Basis of resistance |
I. Amino acid biosynthesis inhibitors |
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I. Glyphosate |
Aromatic amino acid biosynthesis |
EPSPS |
Broad spectrum |
Overexpression of EPSPS gene; |
2. Sulphonylurea and |
Branched chain amino acids |
ALS |
Selected crops |
Mutant ALS gene |
3. Phosphinothricin |
Glutamine biosynthesis |
GS |
Broad spectrum |
Gene amplification, bar gene : detoxification |
II. Photosynthesis |
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4. Atrazine |
Photosystem II |
QB (32kDa protein) |
Selected crops |
Mutant PsbA gene. GST gene: |
5. Bromoxynil |
Photosynthesis |
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Selected crops |
bxn gene: |


