Distribuição geográfica de biótipos de azevém resistente a herbicidas no Estado do Rio Grande do Sul

Abstract

Ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum Lam.) is an annual specie of Poaceae family, presents a regrowth containing a high number of tillers and it is considered one of the best winter´s pastures. The specie disperses easily and it is considered as a weed of almost all winter cultivations and fruit farms in the Southern Brazil, where the presence of biotypes resistant to glyphosate was confirmed. Nowadays, producers inform about the lack of efficiency of chemical control of annual ryegrass. Such a problem was not observed in the past. This fact brings to light the need for evaluation of ryegrass sensitivity to ACCase and ALS inhibitors, because a resistance to such mechanisms means the lost of the main tool for managing biotypes resistant to glyphosate. Therefore, this trial was conducted to evaluate geographic distribution of biotypes of herbicide resistant annual ryegrass in Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil, and to determine the main agronomic factors associated to the selection of such biotypes. Seeds of survivors’ annual ryegrass to herbicide pulverization were collected in ryegrass fields in Rio Grande do Sul State. The sampling covered 92 cities and 307 producers. In each place, information about management of weeds and all the agronomic practices conducted by producers were collected. The seeds were cultivated in green houses and when the average of ryegrass plants presented four leaves, each biotype was exposed to three herbicide treatments: 2160 g e.a. ha-1 glyphosate; 5 g i.a. ha-1 iodosulfuron and 108 g i.a. ha-1 cletodim. The results showed that Rio Grande do Sul State presents annual ryegrass plants resistant to glyphosate, iodosulfuron and cletodim; In half of the Northern Rio Grande do Sul State the resistant biotypes are geographically dispersed; cletodim show the best performance for controlling collected biotypes of annual ryegrass suspicious of being resistant to herbicides; and multiple resistance is present in biotypes of annual ryegrass.