Herbicides Toxicology and Weeds Herbicide-Resistant Mechanism—3rd Edition
A special issue of Agronomy (ISSN 2073-4395). This special issue belongs to the section "Weed Science and Weed Management".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 March 2026 | Viewed by 13
Special Issue Editor
Interests: weed biology and management; herbicide toxicology and resistance
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Dear Colleagues,
Weeds are becoming an increasing threat to agriculture production. The management of weeds heavily relies on herbicides and consequently causes weed resistance to herbicides, which has been an important issue for farmers and weed scientists. Much effort has been put into exploring herbicide toxicology and resistance mechanisms, and many resistance mechanisms for reported resistance cases have been reported. However, enhanced knowledge of herbicide toxicology and resistance is still needed in order to take reasonable resistance management measures, as resistance cases keep arising.
The aim and scope of this Special Issue includes biochemical and molecular modes of action of herbicides, the biochemical and molecular resistance mechanisms of weeds to herbicides, and especially cutting-edge research on the molecular modes of action for novel herbicides and novel herbicide-resistance mechanisms of weeds which have never been reported.
Papers should consider the following topics:
- Molecular mode of action of novel herbicides;
- Target-site-based resistance mechanisms for novel resistance cases;
- Non-target-site-based resistance mechanisms for major weeds in crop systems;
- Fitness costs of herbicide-resistant weeds.
Dr. Jun Li
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- herbicide toxicology
- herbicide-resistant weeds
- herbicide resistance
- resistance mechanism to herbicides
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