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Effect of EPTC on Plastid Membrane Constituents in Germinating Cucumber Cotyledons

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

Mitchell B. Weinberg  and
Paul A. Castelfranco
Mitchell B. Weinberg
Affiliation:
Dep. of Bot., Univ. of California, Davis, CA. 95616
Paul A. Castelfranco
Affiliation:
Dep. of Bot., Univ. of California, Davis, CA. 95616
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Abstract

Cotyledons of 6-day old etiolated cucumber (Cucumis sativus L. ‘Alpha Green’) seedlings treated on the second day with EPTC (S-ethyl dipropylthiocarbamate) accumulated 35 to 45% more protochlorophyll and 30 to 40% more glycolipids than the controls. on illumination the treated cotyledons accumulated chlorophyll faster than the controls. Exposure of cucumber cotyledons to a variety of amide, carbamate, and other thiocarbamate herbicides did not produce a similar effect. EPTC, was found to cause an increase in chlorophyll accumulation.

Type
Research Article
Information
Weed Science , Volume 23 , Issue 3 , May 1975 , pp. 185 - 187
Copyright
Copyright © 1975 by the Weed Science Society of America 

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