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Effect of Magnesium and Photoperiod on Atrazine Toxicity to Tomatoes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

Ronald G. Brenchley  and
Arnold P. Appleby
Ronald G. Brenchley
Affiliation:
Farm Crops Dep., Oregon State Univ., Corvallis 97331 Monsanto Company, Fremont, Nebraska
Arnold P. Appleby
Affiliation:
Farm Crops Dep., Oregon State Univ., Corvallis 97331
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Abstract

In greenhouse studies, magnesium-deficient tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) plants were more susceptible to 2-chloro-4-(ethylamino)-6-(isopropylamino)-s-triazine (atrazine) than normal plants when grown under continuous light. Under a 12-hr photoperiod, magnesium-atrazine interactions were not significant. Magnesium deficiency and continuous light each caused reductions in chlorophyll content in tomatoes. A combination of these two conditions caused an additive reduction in chlorophyll content and also caused the greatest susceptibility to atrazine. The influence of magnesium on atrazine toxicity may be due to its effect on chlorophyll content rather than a direct effect on atrazine action.

Type
Research Article
Information
Weed Science , Volume 19 , Issue 5 , September 1971 , pp. 524 - 525
Copyright
Copyright © Weed Science Society of America 

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