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Atrazine-Induced Ultrastructural Changes of Barnyardgrass Chloroplasts

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

E. R. Hill,
E. C. Putala and
J. Vengris
E. R. Hill
Affiliation:
Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Massachusetts
E. C. Putala
Affiliation:
Department of Botany, University of Massachusetts
J. Vengris
Affiliation:
Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Massachusetts
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Abstract

Electronmicrographs of barnyardgrass (Echinochloa crusgalli (L.) Beauv.) grown under controlled conditions and treated with 2-chloro-4-ethylamino-6-isopropylamino-s-triazine (atrazine) at the one to three-leaf stages show that degradation of the chloroplast starts as a swelling of the fret system followed by swelling and disruption of the granal discs. In advanced stages of breakdown, the membranes of the grana and chloroplast envelope were ruptured. These changes were initiated 2 hr after treatment with rates of 2, 5, 10, and 20 ppm atrazine. The incidence of starch grains greatly decreased as the duration of treatment exceeded 4 hr. The mitochondria appeared normal throughout, not being affected by concentration or duration of treatment. The stage of growth at which plants were treated was insignificant in determining changes at the ultrastructural level. The ultrastructural changes preceded any macroscopically discernable symptoms of tissue breakdown.

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Weed Science , Volume 16 , Issue 3 , July 1968, pp. 377 - 380
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Copyright © Weed Science Society of America 

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