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Glyphosate affects lignin content and amino acid production in glyphosate-resistant soybean

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Farmers report that some glyphosate-resistant soybean varieties are visually injured by glyphosate. Glyphosate is the main herbicide that directly affects the synthesis of secondary compounds. In this work, we evaluated the effect of increasing rates of glyphosate on lignin and amino acid content, photosynthetic parameters and dry biomass in the early maturity group cultivar BRS 242 GR soybean. Plants were grown in half-strength complete nutrient solution and subjected to various rates of glyphosate either as a single or in sequential applications. All parameters evaluated were affected by increasing glyphosate rates. The effects were more pronounced as glyphosate rates increased, and were more intense with a single total application than sequential applications at lower rates.

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Abbreviations

A :

Net photosynthesis

cv.:

Cultivar

DAE:

Days after emergence

a.e.:

Acid equivalent

GR:

Glyphosate-resistant soybean

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We thank the National Council for Scientific and Technology Development (CNPq), for the scholarship and financial support for this research. R. S. Oliveira Jr and O. Ferrarese-Filho are research fellows of CNPq.

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  1. Center for Advanced Studies in Weed Research (NAPD), State University of Maringá (UEM), Colombo Av., 5790, Maringá, Paraná, 87020-900, Brazil

    Luiz Henrique Saes Zobiole & Rubem Silvério de Oliveira Jr.

  2. Department of Biochemistry, University of Maringá, Av. Colombo, 5790, Maringá, Paraná, 87020-900, Brazil

    Edicléia Aparecida Bonini & Osvaldo Ferrarese-Filho

  3. United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Cropping Systems and Water Quality Research Unit, Columbia, MO, 65211, USA

    Robert John Kremer

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Zobiole, L.H.S., Bonini, E.A., de Oliveira, R.S. et al. Glyphosate affects lignin content and amino acid production in glyphosate-resistant soybean. Acta Physiol Plant 32, 831–837 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11738-010-0467-0

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