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Metabolism of 2,4-DB by White Clover (Trifolium repens) Cell Suspension Cultures

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

A. E. Smith*
Affiliation:
Dep. Agron., Univ. of Georgia, Experiment, GA 30212

Abstract

The metabolism of 2,4-DB [4-(2,4-dichlorophenoxy)butyric acid] in cell suspension cultures of white clover (Trifolium repens L. ‘Regal Ladino’) was investigated using (ring)- 14C 2,4-DB. The herbicide and its 14C-labeled metabolites were isolated from treated cells and medium after 48 h by partition and thin layer chromatography (TLC). The major portion of the radiolabel was in the glycoside fraction (47%) and incorporated into the cell structural material (34%). The remainder of the 14C remained either as the parent herbicide (8%) or an amino acid conjugate of 2,4-DB (10%).

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © 1979 by the Weed Science Society of America 

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