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The Metabolism of C14 Chain- and Ring-Labeled Simazine by Corn and the Effect of Atrazine on Plant Respiratory Systems

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

H. H. Funderburk Jr.  and
D. E. Davis
H. H. Funderburk Jr.
Affiliation:
Botany and Plant Pathology Department, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama
D. E. Davis
Affiliation:
Botany and Plant Pathology Department, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama
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Abstract

Chain- and ring-labeled 2-chloro-4,6-bis(ethylamino)-s-triazine (simazine) were supplied to corn by way of the nutrient solution. Autoradiographs of the paper chromatograms revealed that two identical C14-labeled metabolites were present in the extracts whether the plants were supplied with ring-or chain-labeled simazine. Corn, cotton, and soybeans all yielded appreciable amounts of C14O2 when grown in solutions containing chain-labeled simazine. One lb/A 2-chloro-4-ethylamino-6-isopropylamino-s-triazine (atrazine) (preemergence) caused a reduction in respiration as well as the activity of catalase, peroxidase, phenol oxidase, ascorbic acid oxidase, and glycolic acid oxidase in oats, soybeans, beans, cotton, peanuts, Johnsongrass, and corn, 7 and 11 days after treatment. Attempts to correlate enzyme activity with sensitivity to atrazine were unsuccessful, except that increasing phenol oxidase activity appeared to be roughly correlated with increasing resistance.

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Research Article
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Weeds , Volume 11 , Issue 2 , April 1963 , pp. 101 - 104
Copyright
Copyright © 1963 Weed Science Society of America 

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