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THE EFFECTS OF PICLORAM AND 2,4‐D ON PLANT CELL MEMBRANES
Author(s) -
Bachelard E. P.,
Ayling R. D.
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
weed research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.693
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1365-3180
pISSN - 0043-1737
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-3180.1971.tb00972.x
Subject(s) - picloram , pinus radiata , radiata , membrane , botany , chemistry , horticulture , protoplast , biophysics , biology , biochemistry , vigna
Summary. The herbicide Tordon 50D (picloram + 2,4–D) caused severe shrinkage of the protoplasts of all cells of Pinus radiata needle segments within 24 h of treatment. Measurements of the resistance of these tissues to low‐frequency and to high‐frequency electrical currents showed a loss in the integrity of the plasmalemma within 4–8 h of treatment. Tordon 22K (picloram) had no such effects. The results with Tordon 50D could be attributed solely to the 2,4‐D content. Both Tordon 50D and Tordon 22K disrupted chloroplast structure in leaf discs, and the integrity of cell membranes in stem tips, of Eucalyptus viminalis.