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Effect of Diuron on Photosynthesis and Photomorphogenesis of Dodder Seedlings

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

H. G. Lane ,
J. E. Baker  and
L. L. Danielson
H. G. Lane
Affiliation:
Agricultural Research Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, Maryland
J. E. Baker
Affiliation:
Agricultural Research Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, Maryland
L. L. Danielson
Affiliation:
Agricultural Research Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, Maryland
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Abstract

Dodder seedlings become attached to another plant by first twining about some part of the host. Twining is dependent on action of light. Chlorophyll also forms after exposure to light. Diuron [3-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)-1,1-dimethylurea] was applied to dodder seedlings to determine the nature of light action in twining. Diuron had no effect on twining but blocked photosynthesis.

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Weeds , Volume 13 , Issue 4 , October 1965 , pp. 371 - 372
Copyright
Copyright © 1965 Weed Science Society of America 

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