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Effect of the Herbicide Atrazine on the Bean Leaf Lipids

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Biologia Plantarum

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Eight-day-old bean plants, grown in a nutrient solution, were sprayed with 10−5, 10−4, 10−3, and 10−2 M atrazine. The lipid changes in primary and trifoliate leaves were studied 6 d after the herbicide application. The atrazine treatment inhibited the growth of the trifoliate leaves, and decreased photosynthetic and transpiration rates, the stomatal conductance, and the total lipid content. Atrazine treatment increased 16:0 and 18:3 acids and decreased trans-3-hexadecenoic and 18:2 acids in the phospholipids. The herbicide also increased 16:0 and 18:1 acids in glycolipids and decreased 18:3 acid in monogalactosyl diacylglycerols and digalactosyl diacylglycerols. In most cases the marked changes in fatty acid composition of the main lipid classes were observed at 10−4 and 10−3 M atrazine.

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  1. Institute of Plant Physiology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Acad, G. Bonchev Str. Bl. 9, Sofia, 1113, Bulgaria

    A. Ivanova & I. Yordanov

  2. Institute of Organic Chemistry with Centre of Phytochemistry, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Acad. G. Bonchev Str. Bl. 9, Sofia, 1113, Bulgaria

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Ivanova, A., Stefanov, K. & Yordanov, I. Effect of the Herbicide Atrazine on the Bean Leaf Lipids. Biologia Plantarum 42, 417–422 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1002421420508

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