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Influence of Fluridone on Chlorophyll Content of Wheat (Triticum aestivum) and Corn (Zea mays)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

R. M. Devlin ,
C. N. Saras ,
M. J. Kisiel  and
A. S. Kostusiak
R. M. Devlin
Affiliation:
Lab. of Exp. Biol., Cranberry Exp. Stn., Univ. of Massachusetts, East Wareham, MA 02538
C. N. Saras
Affiliation:
Lab. of Exp. Biol., Cranberry Exp. Stn., Univ. of Massachusetts, East Wareham, MA 02538
M. J. Kisiel
Affiliation:
Lab. of Exp. Biol., Cranberry Exp. Stn., Univ. of Massachusetts, East Wareham, MA 02538
A. S. Kostusiak
Affiliation:
Skierniewice, Poland
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Abstract

Chlorophyll content of wheat (Triticum aestivum L. ‘Mericopa’) and corn (Zea mays L. ‘Merit’) treated with the herbicide fluridone {1-methyl-3-phenyl-5-[3-(trifluoromethyl)-phenyl]-4(1H)-pyridinone} and grown under high light intensity (10.8 klux), was markedly reduced. Corn and wheat germinated from seeds treated with 10 uM fluridone and grown for 6 days were almost completely bleached. Under low light intensity (108 lux) the influence of fluridone on chlorophyll production was greatly reduced. Under very low light intensity (21.5 lux) this influence was almost completely lost. The effect of light on the activity of fluridone suggests that the inhibition of carotenoid production may represent the mode of action of this herbicide. This study shows that the carotenoid content of wheat or corn drops dramatically when these plants are treated with fluridone.

Keywords

Carotenoidphotooxidationchlorosischlorosis
Type
Research Article
Information
Weed Science , Volume 26 , Issue 5 , September 1978 , pp. 432 - 433
Copyright
Copyright © 1978 by the Weed Science Society of America 

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