<b>HRAC Group 4</b> <font size='2'> (Legacy O) </font> resistant Ranunculus acris from New Zealand

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HRAC GROUP 4 (LEGACY O) RESISTANT TALL BUTTERCUP
(Ranunculus acris)

Auxin Mimics HRAC Group 4 (Legacy O)

New Zealand

INTRODUCTION		TALL BUTTERCUP
Tall Buttercup (Ranunculus acris) is a dicot weed in the Ranunculaceae family. In New Zealand this weed first evolved resistance to Group 4 (Legacy O) herbicides in 1988 and infests Pastures. Group 4 (Legacy O) herbicides are known as Auxin Mimics (Auxin Mimics ). Research has shown that these particular biotypes are resistant to MCPA and they may be cross-resistant to other Group 4 (Legacy O) herbicides. The 'Group' letters/numbers that you see throughout this web site refer to the classification of herbicides by their site of action. To see a full list of herbicides and HRAC herbicide classifications click here.

QUIK STATS (last updated Jun 06, 2000 )
Common Name	Tall Buttercup
Species	Ranunculus acris
Group	Auxin Mimics HRAC Group 4 (Legacy O)
Herbicides	MCPA
Location	New Zealand
Year	1988
Situation(s)	Pastures
Contributors - (Alphabetically)	Graeme Bourdot, and Anis Rahman
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NOTES ABOUT THIS BIOTYPE

AREAS FOUND

Anis Rahman

Golden Bay (South Island). Taranaki ; Hawkes Bay, Wairarapa.

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GENERAL

Anis Rahman

A weed of limited distribution. Confined to dairy pastures in certain locations where some pastures have been treated with phenoxy herbicides for 10 to 20 years.

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ACADEMIC ASPECTS

Confirmation Tests

Field, and Greenhouse trials comparing a known susceptible Tall Buttercup biotype with this Tall Buttercup biotype have been used to confirm resistance. For further information on the tests conducted please contact the local weed scientists that provided this information.

Genetics

Genetic studies on HRAC Group 4 resistant Tall Buttercup have not been reported to the site. There may be a note below or an article discussing the genetics of this biotype in the Fact Sheets and Other Literature

Mechanism of Resistance

The mechanism of resistance for this biotype is either unknown or has not been entered in the database. If you know anything about the mechanism of resistance for this biotype then please update the database.

Relative Fitness

There is no record of differences in fitness or competitiveness of these resistant biotypes when compared to that of normal susceptible biotypes. If you have any information pertaining to the fitness of Group 4 (Legacy O) resistant Tall Buttercup from New Zealand please update the database.

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CONTRIBUTING WEED SCIENTISTS

GRAEME BOURDOT

Canterbury Agricultural & Science Centregerald Street, P.o. Box 60 Lincoln New Zealand Email Graeme Bourdot

ANIS RAHMAN

Ruakura Agricultural Centre Ag. Research 3205 College Ave Hamilton New Zealand Email Anis Rahman

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The Herbicide Resistance Action Committee, The Weed Science Society of America, and weed scientists in New Zealand have been instrumental in providing you this information. Particular thanks is given to Graeme Bourdot, and Anis Rahman for providing detailed information.

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Herbicide Resistant Tall Buttercup Globally
(Ranunculus acris)

Country

FirstYear

Situation

Active Ingredients

Site of Action

New Zealand

1988

Pastures

MCPA

Auxin Mimics ( HRAC Group 4 (Legacy O)

New Zealand

2010

Pastures

flumetsulam, and thifensulfuron-methyl

Inhibition of Acetolactate Synthase ( HRAC Group 2 (Legacy B)

New Zealand

2010

Pastures

flumetsulam, MCPA, and thifensulfuron-methyl

Multiple Resistance: 2 Sites of Action
Inhibition of Acetolactate Synthase ( HRAC Group 2 (Legacy B)
Auxin Mimics ( HRAC Group 4 (Legacy O)

Literature about Similar Cases

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Lusk, C. S. ; Bourdôt, G. W. ; Harrington, K. C. ; Hurrell, G. A.. 2011. Pasture tolerance and efficacy of three herbicides used against giant buttercup (Ranunculus acris subsp. acris L.). New Zealand Plant Protection 64 : 86 - 92.

The herbicides flumetsulam, thifensulfuron-methyl and MCPA were compared for their efficacy against giant buttercup (Ranunculus acris subsp. acris L.) and their damage to perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne) and white clover (Trifolium repens). The tolerance of perennial ryegrass and white clover to five rates of each herbicide was measured using swards either sown in pots or transplanted from the field. The total clover yield harvested over 5 months from newly-sown pasture was 80, 59 and 4% of the untreated control for flumetsulam, thifensulfuron-methyl and MCPA applied at label rates and 95, 40 and 30% for transplanted swards respectively. The biomass yield of giant buttercup 3 months after treatment was 1, 22 and 2% of the untreated control for flumetsulam, thifensulfuron-methyl and MCPA applied at the label rate. Together these experiments suggest that flumetsulam is the most effective and least pasture-damaging of these three herbicides..

Lamoureaux, S. L. ; Bourdôt, G. W.. 2007. A review of the ecology and management of Ranunculus acris subsp. acris in pasture. Weed Research (Oxford) 47 : 461 - 471.

Ranunculus acris subsp. acris is widespread in pastures across Europe. In New Zealand, it persists in dairy pastures throughout the country, despite the annual use of herbicides, causing a loss in the national yield of milk solids estimated at NZ$156 million in the 2001-2002 milking season. Its persistence appears to be due in part to the production of a blistering agent, protoanemonin, which deters grazing animals, combined with evolved resistance to herbicides and a resilience imparted by a stout rhizome supporting dormant axillary buds. The latter enables regeneration after damage inflicted by herbicides, fungi and other control agents, and facilitates lateral spread and asexual reproduction. Its persistence in dairy pastures may also be influenced by plants recruiting from seeds which are formed annually subject to the availability of insect pollinators. Based on a review of observations and experiments conducted mainly in Europe and New Zealand, we propose a detailed life-cycle model for R. acris. This provides the basis for a matrix population model that will identify the life-cycle stages that contribute most to population growth and, hence, the extent to which each of these would need to be targeted for improved management in dairy pastures in New Zealand..

Bourdôt, G. W. ; Lamoureaux, S.. 2002. Giant buttercup (Ranunculus acris L.) management in dairy pastures - current problems and future solutions. Proceedings of the New Zealand Grassland Association 64 : 61 - 65.

The history of giant buttercup (R. acris) management in New Zealand dairy farms is reviewed. Giant buttercup resistance to herbicides, population dynamics, and control with a pasture-selective mycoherbicide based on the naturally-occurring fungus Sclerotinia sclerotiorum are discussed..

Bourdôt, G. W. ; Saville, D. J. ; Hurrell, G. A.. 1996. Ecological fitness and the decline of resistance to the herbicide MCPA in a population of Ranunculus acris. Journal of Applied Ecology 33 : 151 - 160.

Experiments were conducted (1) to determine whether resistance to MCPA would subside in a population of Ranunculus acris subsp. acris after ending a 30-year regime of annual and biennial applications of MCPA, and (1) to test the hypothesis that MCPA-resistant R. acris plants are less competitive than MCPA-susceptible plants when grown together. Experiment 1 was conducted in a dairy pasture population of R. acris that had developed resistance to MCPA after repeated exposure to this herbicide over a period of 30 years. Application of the herbicide was either stopped or continued on plots from 1984/85 until 1988/89. The LD50 value for the seedling progeny of the 1988/89 plants from 'stopped' plots was two-thirds the LD50 for the progeny from 'continued' plots. Previous experiments had shown the LD50 for a susceptible biotype to be one quarter that of the resistant biotype, and so it was estimated that 28 years (90% confidence limits 11 and 84 years) of discontinued treatment would be required for the LD50 of the resistant population to fall to a level 10% above that of the susceptible biotype (which had never been exposed to the herbicide). In Experiment 2, the seedling progeny of a susceptible (S) and resistant (R) field population were grown in monocultures and in 1:1 mixtures under glass over a wide range of densities. A two-species competition model fitted to the plant dry weights indicated that S and R plants were similar in yield at low densities, but that S plants were higher yielding at high densities than R plants. It is suggested that MCPA-resistant plants of R. acris are less fit ecologically than susceptible plants, but the exact mechanisms have not been clearly established..

Bourdôt, G. W. ; Hurrell, G. A. ; Saville, D. J.. 1994. Herbicide cross-resistance in Ranunculus acris L. subsp. acris. New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research 37 : 255 - 262.

The responses of MCPA-resistant (R) and MCPA-susceptible (S) populations of R. acris subsp. acris to a range of concn of MCPA, 2,4-D, MCPB, chlorsulfuron and thifensulfuron were compared under greenhouse conditions. In a 2nd experiment, also under greenhouse conditions, the responses of R and S plants to the usual field concn of tribenuron-methyl (30 g/ha), bentazone (1.44 kg/ha), glyphosate (2.16 kg), clopyralid (300 g) and asulam (1.6 kg) were compared. R plants of R. acris subsp. acris were cross-resistant to both 2,4-D and MCPB. There was temporary cross-resistance to chlorsulfuron and thifensulfuron which manifested itself in the slower development of apical mortality in R plants, but all R and S plants ultimately died when the recommended field concn of these 2 herbicides were used. There was weak evidence of cross-resistance to bentazone but no evidence of resistance to either tribenuron-methyl or glyphosate, since both resulted in 100% mortality of R and S plants at their recommended field concn. Clopyralid and asulam had no effect on either R or S plants. It was concluded that neither 2,4-D nor MCPB would control R plants of R. acris subsp. acris, except at very high concn but that glyphosate, tribenuron-methyl, chlorsulfuron and thifensulfuron should provide a high level of control at their recommended field concn..

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