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Protocols for Robust Herbicide Resistance Testing in Different Weed Species
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Cited by 22 •
2015
A robust and flexible approach to confirm herbicide resistance in weed populations is presented. This protocol allows the herbicide resistance levels to be inferred and applied to a wide range of weed species and herbicides with minor adaptations.
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Measuring Rates of Herbicide Metabolism in Dicot Weeds with an Excised Leaf Assay
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2015
This manuscript describes how herbicide metabolism rates can be effectively quantified with excised leaves from a dicot weed, thereby reducing variability and removing any possible confounding effects of herbicide uptake or translocation typically observed in whole-plant assays.
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Double-Staining Method: A Technique to Visualize Plant-Fungus Interactions Using Ruthenium Red and Lactophenol Cotton Blue
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2025
This video demonstrates a double staining method using ruthenium red and lactophenol cotton blue to visualize pectins and chitins during plant-fungus interactions in a coffee rust plant. The procedure helps understand plant defense mechanisms during fungal infections.
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Infecting Mice with Malassezia spp. to Study the Fungus-Host Interaction
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Cited by 23 •
2019
This protocol outlines the establishment of a mouse model for studying Malassezia-host interactions in the skin. It describes the cultivation of Malassezia in vitro, the infection of the murine skin with Malassezia, and the subsequent analysis of the inflammation and the fungal burden in the skin tissue.
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Double-Staining Method to Detect Pectin in Plant-Fungus Interaction
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2022
This protocol describes a microscopical method to detect pectin in coffee-fungus interaction.
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Moisture and temperature determine whether spores can germinate on a weed surface and begin infection. When conditions are suitable, germination supports attachment, tissue penetration, and subsequent spread through the host. If either condition is unsuitable, these stages may be reduced, limiting growth disruption. Environmental conditions therefore help explain variation in suppression among experiments or field settings.
Host recognition influences which weeds a fungal agent can colonize effectively. The relevant behavioral sequence includes recognizing a suitable host surface, attaching to it, and progressing toward penetration and colonization. Differences in these interactions can produce different levels of suppression, even when the same fungal agent is present. Studying these behaviors links fungal activity with weed-specific outcomes.
Its potential selectivity is associated with differences in host recognition and susceptibility. A fungal agent may interact successfully with some weed surfaces, allowing attachment, penetration, and colonization, while other plants may not support the same progression. This behavior-focused perspective helps researchers identify agents that target unwanted plants while supporting more environmentally compatible alternatives to broad-spectrum chemical control.
A basic evaluation follows the infection sequence from spore contact with the weed surface through germination, attachment, penetration, and colonization. Researchers then examine whether these stages disrupt normal growth or lead to host death. Maintaining suitable moisture and temperature is important during assessment because environmental conditions influence whether the sequence progresses and how consistently suppression appears.
Researchers can record host recognition, spore dispersal, surface attachment, germination, tissue penetration, and colonization. Together, these observations show where interactions succeed or fail during infection. Comparing these behaviors across weeds helps explain why a fungal agent suppresses some unwanted plants more effectively than others and provides a behavioral basis for selecting promising biocontrol strategies.
Fungus weeding can contribute to integrated weed management when researchers or practitioners seek alternatives to mechanical removal and synthetic herbicides. Its value lies in using fungal activity to reduce unwanted plant growth while investigating host-specific interactions and environmental compatibility. The resulting information can guide strategies that combine biological suppression with broader weed-management goals and reduce reliance on broad-spectrum chemicals.