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Lesson Outline OVERVIEW AND OBJECTIVES INTRODUCTION FATTY ACID BIOSYNTHESIS AND ELONGATION HERBICIDE INHIBITORS OF FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS AND ELONGATION HERBICIDE INHIBITORS OF VLCFA ELONGATION SUMMARY and ADDITIONAL READING

Inhibitors of Fatty Acid Synthesis and Elongation Rate Me 1 2 3 4 5 Fatty acid synthesis and fatty acid elongation are two parts of a critically important pathway in plants. The endproducts are essential components of cell membranes, waxes, and suberin. Two chemical families of herbicide (groups that share similar chemical structures) inhibit fatty acid synthesis, while fatty acid elongation is inhibited by two other families. This lesson will provide an overview of fatty acid synthesis and elongation, and explain where herbicides inhibit the pathway. Mechanisms of resistance to these herbicides will be described. OVERVIEW AND OBJECTIVES  William E. Dyer, Ph.D. Department of Plant Sciences and Plant Pathology Montana State University, USA wdyer@montana.edu   Overview: Fatty acid synthesis and fatty acid elongation are two parts of a critically important pathway in plants. The endproducts are essential components of cell membranes, waxes, and suberin. Two chemical families of herbicide (groups that share similar chemical structures) inhibit fatty acid synthesis, while fatty acid elongation is inhibited by two other families.  This lesson will provide an overview of fatty acid synthesis and elongation, and explain where herbicides inhibit the pathway.  Mechanisms of resistance to these herbicides will be described. Objectives: At the completion of the lesson, students will be able to: Describe the fatty acid biosynthetic pathway and its cellular location in plants, including differences between monocots and dicots. Describe the symptoms and identify the inhibited enzymatic steps of susceptible plants treated with herbicides that inhibit fatty acid synthesis. Describe the symptoms and identify the inhibited enzymatic steps of susceptible plants treated with herbicides that inhibit fatty acid elongation. Understand how herbicide use has selected for resistant plants and the mechanisms of resistance. Lesson Navigation Tips: - Click on ’Animations’ button found to the left in order to view the animation which supplements this lesson. You can also click on the animation icon within the text. - Click once on figures to see enlarged versions. - Click once on words in rust color to bring up their definitions. Development of this lesson was supported in part by the Montana Agricultural Experiment Station, Montana State University, and the Western Society of  Weed Science Comments Be the first to write a comment... Add Comment

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