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Effect of Alachlor on PEG6000 Uptake, Root Osmotic Potential, and Root Leakage

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

Charles S. Vavrina  and
Richard A. Ashley
Charles S. Vavrina
Affiliation:
Univ. of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06268
Richard A. Ashley
Affiliation:
Univ. of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06268
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Abstract

Sweet corn (Zea mays L. rugosa 'Seneca Scout’) and soybeans (Glycine max L. Merr. ‘Kanrich’) were grown in nutrient solutions containing alachlor [2-chloro-2′,6-diethyl-N-(methoxymethyl)acetanilide] at 2.36 × 10-5 M, polyethylene glycol MW 6000 (PEG6000) at −2.5 bars osmotic potential, alachlor at 2.36 × 10-5 M plus PEG6000 at −2.5 bars osmotic potential or with no additions. Sweet corn and soybean roots exposed to alachlor plus PEG6000 accumulated significantly more PEG6000 than roots exposed to PEG6000 alone; increased shoot uptake occurred only in soybean. Alachlor was also shown to significantly increase root osmotic potential and decrease root electrolyte leakage.

Keywords

Water relationsosmoregulationroot uptake
Type
Research Article
Information
Weed Science , Volume 31 , Issue 5 , September 1983 , pp. 600 - 603
Copyright
Copyright © 1983 Weed Science Society of America 

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