How a simple chloroplast psbA gene mutation changed world agriculture
Atrazine as a weed control tactic profoundly changed world agriculture. Long-term use revealed resistant biotypes, R, with a single base pair mutation of the chloroplast psbA gene. The R phenotype emerged from a sequential cascade of pleiotropic effects from the plastid to the whole plant. This reorganization of the R biotype revealed photosynthetic regulation at different levels of plant organization. The environment affected R plant productivity differently than in the susceptible, S, biotype. A consistent, differential, pattern of photosynthesis was observed between R and S over the diurnal light period. Photosynthetic superiority of a biotype was a function of the time of day, plant age temperature. Under highly favorable environmental conditions S often had the advantage over R. Under less favorable, stressful, conditions R can be at an advantage over S. Pleiotropic reorganization revealed a sun-air-leaf Shannon communication system, providing insights into the complex interaction of chloroplast components in photosynthetic regulation. Altered plastid thylakoid and stomatal function regulate how the R leaf utilizes the sun-air environment. Movement of sun-air messages demonstrated how sunlight and air are modified to a usable message for carbon fixation. These insights showed how agriculture changed weed populations, and how resistant weed populations changed agriculture. These changes changed herbicide resistance: introduction of herbicide resistant crops, HRC. The development of HRCs extended the evolutionary reach of R weeds. R weed biotypes were naturally selected in these introduced HRCs: an evolutionary spiral of human technology extended the phenotypic reach of R biotypes.
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