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Effect of Atrazine on Elongation of the Embryonic Axis of Red Kidney Bean

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

Parshall B. Bush
Affiliation:
Pesticide Res. Center, Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI 48823
S. K. Ries
Affiliation:
Pesticide Res. Center, Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI 48823

Abstract

Atrazine [2-chloro-4-(ethylamino)-6-(isopropylamino)-s-triazine] at a concentration of 10−8M stimulated the elongation of the embryonic axis of red kidney beans (Phaseolus vulgaris L. ‘Charlevoix’). This stimulation of elongation was accompanied by a light-independent increase in protein synthesis as measured by radioactive amino acid incorporation.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © 1974 by the Weed Science Society of America 

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