Current status of community resources and priorities for weed genomics research

Jacob Montgomery¹, Sarah Morran¹, Dana R MacGregor², J Scott McElroy³, Paul Neve⁴, Célia Neto⁴, Martin M Vila-Aiub⁵, Maria Victoria Sandoval⁵, Analia I Menéndez⁶, Julia M Kreiner⁷, Longjiang Fan⁸, Ana L Caicedo⁹, Peter J Maughan¹⁰, Bianca Assis Barbosa Martins¹¹, Jagoda Mika¹¹, Alberto Collavo¹¹, Aldo Merotto Jr¹², Nithya K Subramanian¹³, Muthukumar V Bagavathiannan¹³, Luan Cutti¹⁴, Md Mazharul Islam¹⁵, Bikram S Gill¹⁶, Robert Cicchillo¹⁷, Roger Gast¹⁷, Neeta Soni¹⁷, Terry R Wright¹⁸, Gina Zastrow-Hayes¹⁸, Gregory May¹⁸, Jenna M Malone¹⁹, Deepmala Sehgal²⁰, Shiv Shankhar Kaundun²⁰, Richard P Dale²⁰, Barend Juan Vorster²¹, Bodo Peters¹¹, Jens Lerchl²², Patrick J Tranel²³, Roland Beffa²⁴, Alexandre Fournier-Level²⁵, Mithila Jugulam¹⁵, Kevin Fengler¹⁸, Victor Llaca¹⁸, Eric L Patterson¹⁴, Todd A Gaines²⁶

Affiliations

¹ Department of Agricultural Biology, Colorado State University, 1177 Campus Delivery, Fort Collins, CO, 80523, USA.
² Protecting Crops and the Environment, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, UK.
³ Department of Crop, Soil, and Environmental Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, USA.
⁴ Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Taastrup, Denmark.
⁵ IFEVA-Conicet-Department of Ecology, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
⁶ Department of Ecology, Faculty of Agronomy, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
⁷ Department of Botany, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
⁸ Institute of Crop Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
⁹ Department of Biology, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA, USA.
¹⁰ Department of Plant and Wildlife Sciences, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, USA.
¹¹ Bayer AG, Weed Control Research, Frankfurt, Germany.
¹² Department of Crop Sciences, Federal University of Rio Grande Do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande Do Sul, Brazil.
¹³ Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA.
¹⁴ Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA.
¹⁵ Department of Agronomy, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA.
¹⁶ Department of Plant Pathology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA.
¹⁷ Crop Protection Discovery and Development, Corteva Agriscience, Indianapolis, IN, USA.
¹⁸ Genome Center of Excellence, Corteva Agriscience, Johnston, IA, USA.
¹⁹ School of Agriculture, Food and Wine, University of Adelaide, Glen Osmond, South Australia, Australia.
²⁰ Jealott's Hill International Research Centre, Syngenta Ltd, Bracknell, Berkshire, UK.
²¹ Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.
²² BASF SE, Ludwigshafen Am Rhein, Germany.
²³ Department of Crop Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA.
²⁴ Senior Scientist Consultant, Herbicide Resistance Action Committee / CropLife International, Liederbach, Germany.
²⁵ School of BioSciences, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia.
²⁶ Department of Agricultural Biology, Colorado State University, 1177 Campus Delivery, Fort Collins, CO, 80523, USA. todd.gaines@colostate.edu.

PMID: 38802856
PMCID: PMC11129445
DOI: 10.1186/s13059-024-03274-y

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Current status of community resources and priorities for weed genomics research

Jacob Montgomery et al. Genome Biol. 2024.

. 2024 May 27;25(1):139.

doi: 10.1186/s13059-024-03274-y.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Department of Agricultural Biology, Colorado State University, 1177 Campus Delivery, Fort Collins, CO, 80523, USA.
² Protecting Crops and the Environment, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, UK.
³ Department of Crop, Soil, and Environmental Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, USA.
⁴ Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Taastrup, Denmark.
⁵ IFEVA-Conicet-Department of Ecology, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
⁶ Department of Ecology, Faculty of Agronomy, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
⁷ Department of Botany, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
⁸ Institute of Crop Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
⁹ Department of Biology, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA, USA.
¹⁰ Department of Plant and Wildlife Sciences, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, USA.
¹¹ Bayer AG, Weed Control Research, Frankfurt, Germany.
¹² Department of Crop Sciences, Federal University of Rio Grande Do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande Do Sul, Brazil.
¹³ Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA.
¹⁴ Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA.
¹⁵ Department of Agronomy, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA.
¹⁶ Department of Plant Pathology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA.
¹⁷ Crop Protection Discovery and Development, Corteva Agriscience, Indianapolis, IN, USA.
¹⁸ Genome Center of Excellence, Corteva Agriscience, Johnston, IA, USA.
¹⁹ School of Agriculture, Food and Wine, University of Adelaide, Glen Osmond, South Australia, Australia.
²⁰ Jealott's Hill International Research Centre, Syngenta Ltd, Bracknell, Berkshire, UK.
²¹ Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.
²² BASF SE, Ludwigshafen Am Rhein, Germany.
²³ Department of Crop Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA.
²⁴ Senior Scientist Consultant, Herbicide Resistance Action Committee / CropLife International, Liederbach, Germany.
²⁵ School of BioSciences, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia.
²⁶ Department of Agricultural Biology, Colorado State University, 1177 Campus Delivery, Fort Collins, CO, 80523, USA. todd.gaines@colostate.edu.

PMID: 38802856
PMCID: PMC11129445
DOI: 10.1186/s13059-024-03274-y

Abstract

Weeds are attractive models for basic and applied research due to their impacts on agricultural systems and capacity to swiftly adapt in response to anthropogenic selection pressures. Currently, a lack of genomic information precludes research to elucidate the genetic basis of rapid adaptation for important traits like herbicide resistance and stress tolerance and the effect of evolutionary mechanisms on wild populations. The International Weed Genomics Consortium is a collaborative group of scientists focused on developing genomic resources to impact research into sustainable, effective weed control methods and to provide insights about stress tolerance and adaptation to assist crop breeding.

Keywords: Herbicide resistance; Public resources; Rapid adaptation; Reference genomes; Weed science.

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Conflict of interest statement

Some authors work for commercial agricultural companies (BASF, Bayer, Corteva Agriscience, or Syngenta) that develop and sell weed control products.

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The International Weed Genomics Consortium (IWGC) collected input from the weed genomics community to develop plans for weed genome sequencing, annotation, user-friendly genome analysis tools, and community engagement

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Current status of community resources and priorities for weed genomics research

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