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EPTC Effects on Total Leaflet Fatty Acids and Hydrocarbons

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

R. E. Wilkinson and
W. S. Hardcastle
R. E. Wilkinson
Affiliation:
University of Georgia, Georgia Station, Experiment, Georgia
W. S. Hardcastle
Affiliation:
University of Georgia, Georgia Station, Experiment, Georgia
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Abstract

Total foliar fatty acid and hydrocarbon content of sicklepod (Cassia obtusifolia L.) treated with 0, 0.14, 0.28, 0.56, 1.12, 2.24, or 4.48 kg/ha S-ethyl dipropylthiocarbamate (EPTC) was measured by gas-liquid chromatography. Total leaflet fatty acid content increased at sublethal rates of the herbicide, but qualitative composition of the fatty acids was not affected. Percent of long chain alkane (≥ C28) content decreased as EPTC application rates increased. Palmitic (23.9%), stearic (9.1%), oleic (3.8%), linoleic (13.6%), and linolenic (33.2%) acids accounted for 83.6% of the total leaflet fatty acid content of sicklepod. Leaflet cuticle thickness of upper and lower epidermal layers decreased 15 and 20%, respectively, as herbicide concentration increased.

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Weed Science , Volume 18 , Issue 1 , January 1970, pp. 125 - 128
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Copyright © 1970 Weed Science Society of America 

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