Weed species present high genetic variability among plants within a population and show potential to adapt to control tactics. Seeds of Bidens spp. (BIDSS) were collected in a 60 ha rectangular area, in a property located in Almirante Tamandaré do Sul, RS, with suspected ALS resistance, and cultivated with soybean during approximately 20 years. The objectives of this work were to evaluate the genetic variability of accesses of Bidens spp. collected in only one property, to verify resistance dispersion and to determine the relation between the coefficient of genetic similarity and the geographic distance among accesses of the same population. The area was divided into 100 geo-referenced points of seed samplings, among which only 40 points had BIDSS plants. These seeds had been placed in plastic pots with capacity of 300 mL and when seedlings presented two leaves, they were sprayed with chlorimuron at a dose of 200 of g ha-1 for resistance confirmation. DNA extraction was conducted according to the literature protocols. Twenty plants from each sampled site were used for the formation of DNA bulk. Twenty and six primers of the operon kit were also used. The BIDSS accesses presented great genetic variability within the population. RAPD analysis did not allow the separation of the species Bidens pilosa and Bidens subalternans. The resistance to the ALS inhibitors was spread in all the sampled area inside the property. No relation was verified between geographic distance and genetic similarity, suggesting no founder effect occurred in the area.
genetics; founder effect; Bidens pilosa; Bidens subalternans; resistance
