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Surfactant and salt affect glyphosate retention and absorption
Author(s) -
NALEWAJA J. D.,
DEVILLIERS B.,
MATYSIAK R.
Publication year - 1996
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.1365-3180.1996.tb01653.x
Subject(s) - glyphosate , chemistry , phytotoxicity , isopropylamine , pulmonary surfactant , ammonium chloride , ammonium , sodium , salt (chemistry) , agronomy , absorption (acoustics) , nuclear chemistry , biochemistry , biology , organic chemistry , physics , acoustics
Summary The influence of nonylphenoxy surfactants and glyphosate salt formulation on spray retention, phytotoxicity and [ 14 C]glyphosate uptake was investigated in wheat ( Triticum aestivum L). and Kochia scoparia L. The amount of spray retained, and uptake of [ 14 C]glyphosate increased with increasing hydrophilic‐lipophilic balance (HLB) value of surfactants. The volume of spray delivered to the plant treatment area and retained by wheat and K. scoparia plants increased with increasing surfactant HLB values, but this only partly accounted for the higher spray retention. Spray retention by leaves of plants was not affected by calcium chloride, either alone or with ammonium sulphate in the glyphosate spray solution. [ 14 C]Glyphosate absorption by wheat and K. scoparia was reduced by calcium chloride alone, but not in mixtures with ammonium sulphate, regardless of surfactant. Phytotoxicity and uptake of glyphosate salt formulations for wheat was: isopropylamine > ammonium > sodium > calcium; these results indicate that the surfactant selected is important to maintain glyphosate efficacy and that sodium and calcium cations antagonize glyphosate by forming salts that are absorbed less than commercial isopropylamine formulations.