With the advent of new genetic technologies such as gene silencing and gene drive, efforts to develop additional management tools for weed management is gaining significant momentum. These technologies promise novel ways to develop sustainable weed control options because gene silencing can switch-off genes mediating adaptation (e.g. growth, herbicide resistance), and gene drive can be used to spread modified traits and to engineer wild populations with reduced fitness. However, applying gene silencing and/or gene drive is expected to be inherently complex as their application is constrained by several methodological and technological difficulties. In this review we explore the challenges of these technologies, and discuss strategies and resources accessible to accelerate the development of gene-tech based tools for weed management. We also highlight how gene technologies can be integrated into existing management tactics such as classical biological control, and their possible interactions.

随着诸如基因沉默和基因驱动等新的遗传技术的出现，开发用于杂草处理的其他管理工具的努力正获得巨大的动力。这些技术为开发可持续的杂草控制选择提供了新的途径，因为基因沉默可以关闭介导适应性的基因（例如，生长，除草剂抗性），并且基因驱动可用于传播修饰的性状和改造适应性降低的野生种群。然而，由于一些方法和技术上的困难限制了基因沉默和/或基因驱动的应用，因此它们固有的复杂性。在这篇综述中，我们探索了这些技术的挑战，并讨论了加速杂草管理基于基因技术的工具发展的策略和资源。