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. 2015 Nov 30;5:17443. doi: 10.1038/srep17443

Table 2. Phytotoxicity inhibition endpoints for individual herbicides after 24 and 48 h exposures.

Herbicide EC10 95% CI EC50 = (1 TU) 95% CI R2 ReP
24h exposures
 Diuron 1.2 1.0–1.5 4.3 3.9–4.7 0.99 1.0
 Fluometuron 17 13–22 132 116 –150 0.99 0.033
 Tebuthiuron 3.9 2.9–5.2 28 24–31 0.98 0.16
 Atrazine 3.4 2.8–4.0 22 20–24 0.99 0.19
 Ametryn 1.4 1.1–1.8 5.6 4.9–6.3 0.99 0.77
 Metribuzin 1.9 1.6–2.3 7.0 6.5–7.5 0.99 0.61
 Simazine 3.0 2.5–3.6 28 26–30 0.99 0.15
 Prometryn 3.7 2.8–4.9 11 9.4–12 0.99 0.41
 Bromacil 3.4 2.6–4.6 25 22–29 0.99 0.17
 Hexazinone 6.4 5.6–7.3 17 16–18 0.99 0.26
48h exposures
 Ametryn 0.8 0.6–1.0 3.5 3.0–4.0 0.99 1.23
 Metribuzin 0.8 0.6–1.0 4.8 4.3–5.3 0.99 0.90
 Prometryn 1.6 1.3–2.0 6.7 6.0–7.5 0.99 0.64
 Hexazinone 2.5 2.0–3.0 11 9.7–12 0.99 0.41

Inhibition of ∆F/Fm’ IC10 and IC50 data (μg l−1) with 95% confidence intervals. Toxic units for the mixture experiments were assigned as 1 TU = IC50 at 24 h. Relative potencies (ReP), relative to diuron (IC50 diuron/IC50 herbicide).