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- Title
Interference of herbicides with photochemical activities of chloroplasts in six shrub species.
- Authors
Rao, I. Madhusudana; Swamy, P. M.; Das, V. S. R.
- Abstract
The effects of paraquat and 2,4,5-T on the photochemical activities of chloroplasts from the leaves of the woody species <em>Carissa spinarum, Maba buxifolia, Flacourtia sepiaria, Chomelia asiatica, Gymnosporia emarginata</em> and <em>Dodonaea viscose</em> were investigated by comparing the effects on isolated chloroplasts from untreated leaves with those on chloroplasts isolated from herbicide-sprayed plants. DCPIP and NADP reduction of chloroplasts incubated in paraquat or 2,4,5-T solution was inhibited, whereas that of chloroplasts isolated from most species sprayed with these herbicides was enhanced after 24 and 48 h. The enhancement was smaller or disappeared after 72 h. The cyclic and noncyclic photophosphorylation rates were suppressed in chloroplasts isolated from herbicide-treated plants, and also in those from most untreated plants incubated in the herbicide solutions. The differences in reactions of chloroplasts from herbicide-treated and untreated plants are discussed.
- Subjects
HERBICIDES; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; CHLOROPLASTS; SHRUBS; PARAQUAT; SPRAYING &; dusting in agriculture
- Publication
Weed Research, 1980, Vol 20, Issue 3, p147
- ISSN
0043-1737
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1365-3180.1980.tb00060.x