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Chlorsulfuron Induction of Leaf Abscission in Velvetleaf (Abutilon theophrasti)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

Larry H. Hageman
Affiliation:
Res. Biol., E. I. DuPont de Nemours & Co., Inc., Wilmington, DE 19898
Richard Behrens
Affiliation:
Dep. Agron. and Plant Genet., Univ. of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108

Abstract

In velvetleaf (Abutilon theophrasti Medic. ♯3 ABUTH), accelerated leaf abscission was a conspicuous response following foliar chlorsulfuron {2-chloro-N-[[(4-methoxy-6-methyl-1,3,5-triazin-2-yl)amino] carbonyl] benzenesulfonamide} treatment at 35 g ai/ha. Leaf abscission of treated plants was decreased by AVG [L-2-amino-4-(2-aminoethoxy)-trans-3-butenoic acid], an inhibitor of endogenous ethylene production. Chlorsulfuron stimulated ethylene production in the abscission zone and leaves of treated plants and also increased cellulase activity in the abscission zone. Accelerated leaf abscission of velvetleaf following chlorsulfuron application appears to result from chlorsulfuron-induced increases in endogenous ethylene production and cellulase activity.

Type
Physiology, Chemistry, and Biochemistry
Copyright
Copyright © 1984 by the Weed Science Society of America 

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