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Differential Metabolism of Metribuzin by Downy Brome (Bromus tectorum) and Winter Wheat (Triticum aestivum)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

Daniel L. Devlin
Affiliation:
Dep. Agron. and Soils, Washington State Univ., Pullman, WA 99164
David R. Gealy
Affiliation:
USDA, Agric. Res. Serv., 215 Johnson Hall, Washington State Univ., Pullman, WA 99164
Larry A. Morrow
Affiliation:
USDA, Agric. Res. Serv., 215 Johnson Hall, Washington State Univ., Pullman, WA 99164

Abstract

At both 15 and 25 C, following a 24-h root absorption period, absorbed 14C-metribuzin [4-amino-6-(1,1-dimethylethyl)-3-(methylthio)-1,2,4-triazin-5(4H)-one] was metabolized approximately 30% more rapidly to water-soluble and terminal fiber metabolites by winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) than by downy brome (Bromus tectorum L. # BROTE). Both species metabolized a greater proportion of metribuzin in leaf sheaths and roots than in the leaf blades. This was attributed to the increased incorporation of metribuzin into fiber. After an initial leaf extraction, metribuzin and the metabolites deaminated metribuzin (DA), deaminated diketo metribuzin (DADK), and diketo metribuzin (DK) partitioned into a chloroform fraction and five unidentified water-soluble metabolites into an aqueous fraction. At both 15 and 25 C, downy brome absorbed approximately three times more metribuzin per fresh weight than did winter wheat. The mechanism of differential tolerance of downy brome and winter wheat to metribuzin was attributed to the ability of winter wheat to metabolize metribuzin more rapidly and absorb less metribuzin than downy brome.

Type
Physiology, Chemistry, and Biochemistry
Copyright
Copyright © 1987 by the Weed Science Society of America 

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