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. 1967 Feb;42(2):280–282. doi: 10.1104/pp.42.2.280

Effect of Simazine on Nitrate Reductase Activity in Corn 1

James A Tweedy 1,2, S K Ries 1
PMCID: PMC1086525  PMID: 16656504

Abstract

The nutritional and environmental parameters required for eliciting increases in the nitrogen content and growth of corn (Zea mays L.) by non-toxic levels of simazine have been established. Corn seedlings with the endosperm removed 10 days after germination, proved to be a suitable test species. The addition of simazine to the root-zone area of corn plants grown under both sub-optimal temperatures and low nitrate levels, increased the nitrogen content and dry weight of the plants by 20 to 25%. This increase was found to be associated with an effect on nitrate reductase.

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