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Effects of Selected Herbicides upon Growth of Soil Algae

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

Carol Loeppky  and
B. G. Tweedy
Carol Loeppky
Affiliation:
Department of Plant Pathology, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri
B. G. Tweedy
Affiliation:
Department of Plant Pathology, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri
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Abstract

The effects of 2-chloro-4-ethylamino-6-isopropylamino-s-triazine (atrazine), N,N-dimethyl-2,2-diphenyl-acetamide (diphenamid), and N-(p-bromophenyl)-N'-methyl-N'-methoxyurea (metobromuron) upon autotrophic growth of four unicellular green algae were studied. Growth of Chlamydomonas reinhardi Dangeard was completely inhibited by 1 μg/ml metobromuron or 0.5 μg/ml atrazine and was stimulated by diphenamid. Five μg/ml metobromuron were toxic to Chlamydomonas eugametos Moewus, while atrazine and diphenamid had little effect on growth. Growth of Chlorella vulgaris Beijerinck was partially inhibited by atrazine and stimulated by diphenamid and metobromuron. At high concentrations, atrazine or metobromuron inhibited Chlorella pyrenoidosa Chick while growth was stimulated by diphenamid. The results obtained by treating with a combination of atrazine and metobromuron varied greatly with the organism. The effect of these three herbicides upon heterotrophic growth of Chlamydomonas reinhardi also was investigated. Both metobromuron and diphenamid were toxic in the dark. Atrazine had no effect upon heterotrophic growth.

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Research Article
Information
Weed Science , Volume 17 , Issue 1 , January 1969 , pp. 110 - 113
Copyright
Copyright © 1969 Weed Science Society of America 

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