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Incorporation of Atrazine Side-Chain into Amino Acids of Corn

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

Donald P. Schultz
Affiliation:
U. S. Dep. Int., Fish-Pesticide Laboratory, R. D. 1, Columbia, Missouri
B. G. Tweedy
Affiliation:
Univ. of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri

Abstract

Seedlings of corn (Zea mays L., var. GT-112 RfRf and GT-112, resistant and susceptible, respectively) to 2-chloro-4-ethylamino-6-isopropylamino-s-triazine (atrazine) were grown 48 hr in sterile Hoagland's solution containing 14C-ethyl-labeled atrazine. More incorporation of the 14C-ethyl side-chain into free amino acids was found in the roots and shoots of GT-112 RfRf than GT-112, based on radioactivity. More radioactivity was found in roots of susceptible plants than in resistant plants; however, the trend was reversed in the shoots.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Weed Science Society of America 

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