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Absorption, Translocation, and Metabolism of Alachlor by Yellow Nutsedge

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

Thomas F. Armstrong ,
William F. Meggitt  and
Donald Penner
Thomas F. Armstrong
Affiliation:
Dep. of Crop and Soil Sci., Mich. State Univ., East Lansing, MI 48823
William F. Meggitt
Affiliation:
Dep. of Crop and Soil Sci., Mich. State Univ., East Lansing, MI 48823
Donald Penner
Affiliation:
Dep. of Crop and Soil Sci., Mich. State Univ., East Lansing, MI 48823
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Abstract

The main site of uptake of soil-applied 2-chloro-2′, 6′-diethyl-N-(methoxymethyl) acetanilide (alachlor) by yellow nutsedge (Cyperus esculentus L.) plants is the portion of the plant above the tuber. Primarily acropetal and some basipetal 14C translocation occurred from 14C-alachlor applications to seedlings with shoots 2 to 4 cm in length. Alachlor is metabolized rapidly in yellow nutsedge to at least one water-soluble metabolite. Applications of 14C-alachlor to shoots 15 cm in length resulted in limited acropetal 14C translocation.

Type
Research Article
Information
Weed Science , Volume 21 , Issue 4 , July 1973 , pp. 357 - 360
Copyright
Copyright © 1973 Weed Science Society of America 

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