Root Absorption and Translocation of Atrazine in Oats

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Abstract
Visible symptoms of injury in susceptible oat plants were not apparent until 4 days after initial exposure to 1 ppm 2-chloro-4-ethylamino-6-isopropylamino-s-triazine (atrazine) solution. However, the herbicide affected normal absorption and translocation over this period of time. The expected translocation and uniform distri-bution of xylem transported atrazine-C14 was stopped after 2 days of exposure to atrazine. The reduction in translocation of atrazine-C14 to the shoot apices in early stages of herbicidal injury was not due to reduced absorption but very likely to some other factor such as reduced transpiration. Reduction in atrazine-Cl4 absorption reduced trans-location to the shoot apices, but this probably was not an important factor in the early stages of injury. Absorption of atrazine-C14 by oat plants was not reduced until 3 days of exposure to atrazine. A reduction in carbohydrate concentration, resulting in injury to root tissues, may be responsible for reduction in total atrazine-C14 absorption.