Herbicide tolerance in sunflower and the contribution of Argentinian science to its development

Mariano Bulos & Laura Gianotto

doi:https://doi.org/10.29329/helia.2024.763.1

Original article | Helia 2024, Vol. 47(80) 1-10

Herbicide tolerance in sunflower and the contribution of Argentinian science to its development

Mariano Bulos & Laura Gianotto

pp. 1 - 10 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.29329/helia.2024.763.1 | Manu. Number: MANU-2411-11-0001

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Abstract

Sunflower is grown in Argentina across a large and heterogeneous target population of environments. Weed control is one important challenge for this crop to keep it competitiveness with other production schemes. The role of herbicide tolerance research in the public and private sector in Argentina was critical for the development of new technologies across the last two decades, which had impact not only at the regional but also at the global level. The activities include development of initial elite germplasm carrying mutations in Ahal1, but also the discovery and creation of new mutations on the same locus to keep this technology evolving. To create a more efficient way for the deployment of these technologies the development of molecular markers is crucial, and this was attended by local teams too. Finally, the impact of this new technologies on the environment and the analysis of the gene flow from herbicide tolerant materials to sunflower wild relatives was conducted by public research teams in the country. These analyses must be done to create a safe way to translate this genetic modification into technologies than can be applied in every sunflower production area. The aim of this article was to review and highlight some of the milestones obtained by Argentinian researchers in the sunflower herbicide tolerance developments through the last decades.

Keywords: herbicide tolerance, sunflower, science and development

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Bulos, M. & Gianotto, L. (2024). Herbicide tolerance in sunflower and the contribution of Argentinian science to its development . Helia, 47(80), 1-10. doi: 10.29329/helia.2024.763.1

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Bulos, M. and Gianotto, L. (2024). Herbicide tolerance in sunflower and the contribution of Argentinian science to its development . Helia, 47(80), pp. 1-10.

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Bulos, Mariano and Laura Gianotto (2024). "Herbicide tolerance in sunflower and the contribution of Argentinian science to its development ". Helia 47 (80):1-10. doi:10.29329/helia.2024.763.1.

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