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Inhibitors of Biosynthesis of Very-Long-Chain Fatty Acids

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Herbicide Classes in Development

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Chloroacetamides have been used in maize, soybean or rice for about 50 years (Hamm 1974). During 1997/1998 in the USA, this class contributed to about 50% of the herbicides applied in corn and 11% in soybean (Anonymous 1999). Safeners have successfully broadened their use, and postemergence weed treatment has been improved by the concurrent application of chloroacetamides which are taken up via the soil. Their persistence ensures long-term weed control. Chloroacetamides are xylem-transported; they interfere with the early development of weeds. Germination generally takes place but growth is inhibited, and the seedlings do not emerge or remain stunted. Figure 1 demonstrates the latter effect for cucumber and barley seedlings. The first leaves emerging from the hypocotyl and the cotyledons of dicot plants are small and mis-formed, but the cotyledons and leaves are never bleached, showing a somewhat increased chlorophyll content. Cell division and enlargement are both inhibited (Deal and Hess 1980) which could also be shown with the microalgae Chlamydomonas (Fedtke 1982) and Scenedesmus (Weisshaar and Böger 1987). The latter authors assumed that an impaired membrane formation caused the halt of cell division.

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  1. Department of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, University of Konstanz, D-78457, Konstanz, Germany

    Peter Böger

  2. Department of Physiology and Biochemistry, Tamagawa University, Machida-shi, Tokyo, 194-8610, Japan

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Böger, P., Matthes, B. (2002). Inhibitors of Biosynthesis of Very-Long-Chain Fatty Acids. In: Böger, P., Wakabayashi, K., Hirai, K. (eds) Herbicide Classes in Development. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-59416-8_6

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