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The Hydrolysis of 2,4-D Esters by Bean and Corn Plants

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

Steve S. Szabo
Steve S. Szabo*
Affiliation:
Food and Drug Administration, Washington 25, D.C.
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Abstract

The butoxyethanol and propylene glycol butyl esters of 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D) were applied to and recovered from the leaf surfaces of garden bean and corn plants. Both the acid and the ester of 2,4-D were recovered, indicating that hydrolysis of the esters had occurred. The acid and esters of 2,4-D were also found in both leaves and stems of the bean plants, indicating that further hydrolysis had occurred within the plants. Bean plant homogenates incubated with 2,4-D esters yielded 2,4-D acid. The root exudate from corn plants treated with 2,4-D butoxyethanol ester showed the presence of both acid and ester.

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Research Article
Information
Weeds , Volume 11 , Issue 4 , October 1963 , pp. 292 - 294
Copyright
Copyright © 1963 Weed Science Society of America 

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