Open AccessDegradation of 2,4,5-Trichlorophenoxyacetic Acid in Woody Plants
Author(s) -
C. H. Fitzgerald,
Claud L. Brown,
E. G. Beck
Publication year - 1967
Publication title -
plant physiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.554
H-Index - 312
eISSN - 1532-2548
pISSN - 0032-0889
DOI - 10.1104/pp.42.3.459
Subject(s) - degradation (telecommunications) , chemistry , aqueous solution , chromatography , gas chromatography , woody plant , biodegradation , botany , organic chemistry , biology , telecommunications , computer science
Woody plants were sprayed with an aqueous homogenate of the n-butyl ester of 2,4,5-trichlorophenoxyacetic acid. Leaf extracts were studied by gas-liquid chromatography, and 2,4,5-trichlorophenol was always present. The formation of 2,4,5-trichloroanisole apparently did not occur.
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