Herbicide Resistance: Mechanisms, Inheritance, and Molecular Genetics Glossary

cross-resistance

Resistance within a plant to herbicides with the same site of action but from different herbicide families.

herbicide-resistance

The inherited ability of a plant to survive a herbicide to which the wild type was susceptible.

Metabolism

The sum of all chemcial processess occurring within a cell or an organism.

multiple-resistance

Resistance within a plant to herbicides with different sites of action.