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Herbicides that inhibit cellulose biosynthesis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

Robert P. Sabba  and
Kevin C. Vaughn
Robert P. Sabba
Affiliation:
USDA-ARS Southern Weed Science Research Unit, Stoneville, MS 38776
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Abstract

The cellulose-biosynthesis inhibitor (CBI) herbicides all selectively inhibit the synthesis of cellulose despite significant chemical differences. With the exception of quinclorac, they are most effective in inhibiting cellulose synthesis in dicot plants. Dichlobenil and isoxaben are the oldest and best studied of these herbicides, whereas flupoxam is a more recent introduction and acts in many ways similarly to isoxaben. Quinclorac is unusual in that it seems to act as a cellulose inhibitor in grasses but as an auxinic herbicide in dicots. These herbicides inhibit cell plate formation at one of two relatively late stages without affecting microtubule function. The effects of dichlobenil are different from other CBI herbicides; dichlobenil inhibits cellulose synthesis but promotes callose synthesis in its place. Suspension cells of both Lycopersicon esculentum and Nicotiana tabacum can become habituated to normally inhibitory concentrations of dichlobenil or isoxaben by replacing the normal cellulose network in their walls with pectin and extensin. Natural resistance to CBI herbicides is rare and has only been found in red algae species. Arabidopsis lines produced by mutagenesis all share changes in active site rather than alterations in uptake, translocation, or metabolism of these herbicides. The lack of cross-resistance to different CBI herbicides of these mutants indicates that no fewer than three different sites in the cellulose biosynthesis pathway are affected by the different herbicides in this class.

Keywords

Dichlobenil, 2,6-dichlorobenzonitrileisoxaben, N-[3-(ethyl-1-methyl propyl)]-5-isoxazolyl-2,6-dimethoxybenzamideflupoxam, 1-[4-chloro-3-(2,2,3,3,3-pentafluoro-popoxyl) methyl phenyl]-5-phenyl-1H-1,2,4-triazole-3-carboximidequinclorac, 3,7-dichloro-8-quinoline carboxylic acidLycopersicon esculentum L., tomatoNicotiana tabacum L., tobaccoCell platecell wallcallosepectinextensin

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Weed Science , Volume 47 , Issue 6 , December 1999 , pp. 757 - 763
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Copyright © 1999 by the Weed Science Society of America 

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