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The Effect of Surfactants on Foliar Absorption of 3–Amino–1,2,4–triazole

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

V. H. Freed  and
Marvin Montgomery
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The biological effectiveness of any systemic herbicide is vitally dependent upon the absorption of the chemical by the plant. The process of absorption is of particular interest in the use of herbicides and it is only as this process is understood and turned to advantage that maximum effectiveness of applied chemical can be achieved. In foliar absorption, with which this paper is concerned, the cuticle plays a very important role (2). The thickness and general state of the cuticle and the attendant stomata have been shown to vary markedly with growth conditions (10). The submicroscopic structure of cuticles and the accretion of wax deposit on leaf surfaces have been studied (7, 8). These factors are of significance in the consideration of the intimacy of the contact of a particle impinging on the leaf. The chemical nature of the cuticle (6) is undoubtedly of great importance in the partitioning of certain herbicides between a particle of the chemical and the interior of this leaf.

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Weeds , Volume 6 , Issue 4 , October 1958 , pp. 386 - 389
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Copyright © 1958 Weed Science Society of America 

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