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Temperature Influences on Uptake, Translocation, and Metabolism of Alachlor in Snap Beans (Phaseolus vulgaris)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

Robert P. Rice Jr.
Affiliation:
Dep. Orn. Hortic., California Polytechnic State Univ., San Luis Obispo, CA 93407
A. R. Putnam
Affiliation:
Pestic. Res. Center, Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI 48824

Abstract

The uptake, translocation, and metabolism of 14C-alachlor [2-chloro-2′,6′-diethyl-N-(methoxymethyl)acetanilide] by germinating and emerged snap bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) seedlings were monitored under 16-h daylength (21 klux) comparing 16 C night/21 C Day and 27 C night/32 C day temperature regimes. Total uptake of 14C-alachlor by germinating snap beans was greater under the higher temperature, however, the compound was localized primarily in the roots where it was rapidly metabolized. At the lower temperature, the label was located in approximately equal amounts in all plant parts except cotyledons and significantly less of the alachlor was metabolized. Root uptake of 14C-alachlor and translocation of labeled compounds to the shoots were significantly greater under the higher temperatures. Approximately 60% of 14C-alachlor was shown to volatilize from a watchglass after 48 h at 27 C. After volatilization, uptake of 14C-alachlor occurred in adjacent snap bean plants in a closed system.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © 1980 by the Weed Science Society of America 

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