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DETOXIFICATION OF FLUOMETURON BY CITRUS TISSUES *
Author(s) -
MENASHE J.,
GOREN R.
Publication year - 1973
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.1365-3180.1973.tb01260.x
Subject(s) - detoxification (alternative medicine) , metabolism , biology , chemistry , biochemistry , medicine , alternative medicine , pathology
Summary. The metabolism of [ 14 C]fluometuron in Citrus was studied by feeding the herbicide to either young seedlings or to excised organs. Most of the uptake of fluometuron occurred via the roots during the first 24 h and radioactivity was found after 16 days to be in the rootlets (36·5%), mainroot (34·5%), stem (13·7)% and leaves (15·2%). By feeding [ 14 C]fluometuron to excised organs it was established that although most of the fluometuron breakdown occurred in the rootlets, other plant parts were also capable of metabolizing the herbicide. Therefore, the presence of metabolites in the upper plant organs was not entirely due to translocation from the rootlets. These results suggest that the resistance of Citrus to fluometuron is due to its breakdown in the tissues, probably induced by an N ‐demethylase enzyme system, similar to that reported for cotton (Frear, Swanson & Tanaka, 1969), in which harmless metabolites arc formed. Détoxification du fluométuron par les tissus de Citrus