Usefulness of thermoluminescence in herbicide research

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Abstract
Many herbicides of different chemical structure inhibit photosynthetic electron flow by interrupting the photosyn‐thetic electron flow by interrupting the photosynthetic electron transport chain between the primary acceptor (QA) and the secondary acceptor (QB) of photosystem 2 (PS2). Thermoluminescence (TL) originates from PS2, and the bands of the glow curve can be related to the charge recombination between positively charged donors and negatively charged acceptors. The glow curve of TL is strongly influenced by addition of PS2 herbicides. The herbicide treatment shifts the peak position and activation energy of the TL band related to QA, suggesting that herbicide binding affects the midpoint redox potential not only of Q B but also that of QA. On the basis of the band shift the herbicides of various chemical structures can be classified into different “thermodynamical” groups which relfect the differences in the binding properties of these herbicides. As a new approach TL seems to be a useful technique in studying the mechanism and site of action of herbicides that inhibit electron transport of PS2.

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