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. 1987 Sep;85(1):82–86. doi: 10.1104/pp.85.1.82

Uptake and Accumulation of the Herbicides Chlorsulfuron and Clopyralid in Excised Pea Root Tissue 1

Malcolm D Devine 1, Hank D Bestman 1,2, William H Vanden Born 1
PMCID: PMC1054207  PMID: 16665689

Abstract

The herbicides chlorsulfuron and clopyralid were taken up rapidly by excised pea root tissue and accumulated in the tissue to concentrations ten and four times those in the external medium, respectively. Uptake was related linearly to external herbicide concentration over a wide concentration range, implying that transport across the membrane is by nonfacilitated diffusion. Uptake of both compounds was influenced by pH, with greatest uptake at low pH. The pH dependence of uptake suggests that the herbicides (both of which are weak acids) are transported across the plasma membrane in the undissociated form, and accumulate in the cytoplasm by an ion trap mechanism. Most of the absorbed herbicide effluxed from the tissue when it was transferred to herbicide-free buffer, indicating that the accumulation was not due to irreversible binding. Consequently, both herbicides remain available for transfer to the phloem. These results can explain the high reported phloem mobility of clopyralid in intact plants. The low phloem mobility of chlorsulfuron must be accounted for by factors that override its ability to accumulate in the symplast.

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