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Enhanced Phytotoxicity of Atrazine-Phosphate Combinations
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 June 2017
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Soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] seedlings grown in the greenhouse in a Wisner loam soil showed a greater reduction in plant growth from an application of 2-chloro-4-(ethylamino)-6-(isopropylamino)-s-triazine (atrazine) if fertilized with 224 kg/ha of P2O5. This interaction was not observed in tolerant corn (Zea mays L.) seedlings in any of the four soils studied. The injury in sand culture of high levels of atrazine to soybean, corn, pea (Pisum sativum L.), and sorghum (Sorghum vulgare L.) seedlings increased when high levels of P (phosphorus) were present. The high level of P did not increase atrazine uptake, and in corn atrazine did not increase 32P uptake. Plants receiving the atrazine-phosphate combination exhibited a higher rate of respiration providing a possible basis for the observed interaction. The high rate of P application slightly reduced atrazine metabolism by corn and pea but not by soybean and sorghum.
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