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Failure of Light Activated Riboflavin to Counteract the Growth Inhibition of Two Benzoic Acid Derivatives

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

Robert H. Hamilton  and
Richard J. Aldrich
Robert H. Hamilton
Affiliation:
Department of Farm Crops, Rutgers University
Richard J. Aldrich
Affiliation:
Division of Weed Investigations, BPIS&AE, U. S. Department of Agriculture, New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station
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It has been reported by Carroll (1,2) that light activated riboflavin will counteract 2,4-D inhibition, presumably due to an inactivation or destruction of the 2,4-D molecule. Hansen and Buchholtz (7) found that light activated riboflavin would inactivate the 2,4-D molecule in vitro and it appeared that 2,4-dichlorophenol was one of the decomposition products. Galston (3, 4, 5) has shown that riboflavin may act as a photo-receptor and a hydrogen carrier in the oxidation of indol-3-acetic acid, the reduced riboflavin being re-oxidized by the air. It would appear, therefore, that riboflavin may play an important role in the breakdown of growth substances in the plant.

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Research Article
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Weeds , Volume 2 , Issue 3 , July 1953 , pp. 202 - 203
Copyright
Copyright © 1953 Weed Science Society of America 

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