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Effect of Temperature on Picloram Absorption and Translocation in Leafy Spurge (Euphorbia esula)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

Rodney G. Lym
Affiliation:
Crop and Weed Sci. Dep., N.D. State Univ., Fargo, ND 58105
Calvin G. Messersmith
Affiliation:
Crop and Weed Sci. Dep., N.D. State Univ., Fargo, ND 58105

Abstract

Temperature changes prior to picloram application affects its activity in leafy spurge. Absorption of 14C picloram was directly correlated with temperature changes; each 1 C increase in air temperature 24 h before treatment resulted in a 1% increase of 14C-picloram absorption in leafy spurge and vice versa. The greatest 14C-picloram absorption averaged 47% of applied 14C when the temperature increased from 18 C to 24 or 30 C 24 h before treatment compared to 33% when temperatures were constant. Translocation of 14C picloram was more sensitive than absorption to temperature changes with 4.3 and 1% of applied 14C-picloram translocated to the roots when the plants were maintained at 12 and 30 C, respectively. Even though absorption increased directly with temperature, 14C-picloram translocation to the root system declined as temperature increased.

Type
Physiology, Chemistry, and Biochemistry
Copyright
Copyright © 1990 by the Weed Science Society of America 

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