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Ultrastructural effects of formulated picloram on leaflets of velvet mesquite and catclaw acacia *
Author(s) -
BLECKMAN C. A.,
HULL H. M.,
MORTON H. L.
Publication year - 1979
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.1365-3180.1979.tb01531.x
Subject(s) - picloram , velvet , ultrastructure , acacia , botany , chloroplast , plantlet , biology , abscission , chemistry , horticulture , in vitro , biochemistry , tissue culture , organic chemistry , gene
Summary: The effects of picloram formulated with a nonionic surfactant (X‐77) and of the surfactant alone on the ultrastructure of leaf cells of velvet mesquite ( Prosopis velutina Woot.) and catclaw [ Acacia greggii var. ariznica (Gray) Isely] were examined The surfactant induced temporary protrusions from chloroplasts in both species. A proliferation of rough endoplasmic reticulum (RER) was noted in velvet mesquite within 8h of application of the herbicide and in catclaw with in 27 h. By 72h after treatment. both species exhibited distortions of organelles with more severe symptoms in catclaw. the species more sensitive to the herbicide Leaf abscission occurred subsequently and was more pronounced in catclaw than in mesquite l It is known that RER proliferation is induced by ethylene and that ethylene evolution is stimulated by picloram. The present study suggests that the interaction between these two chemicals was similar in the two plant species studied.