Agricultural adaptation in the native North American weed waterhemp, Amaranthus tuberculatus (Amaranthaceae).

There is increasing interest in documenting adaptation of weedy plant species to agricultural ecosystems, beyond the evolution of herbicide resistance. Waterhemp (Amaranthus tuberculatus) is a native plant of the Midwestern U.S. that began infesting agricultural fields in the 20th century within the...

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Main Authors: Katherine E Waselkov, Nathaniel D Regenold, Romy C Lum, Kenneth M Olsen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0238861