THE TRANSLOCATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF THREE LABELLED HERBICIDES IN PASPALUM DISTICHUM L.

Summary Plants of Paspalum distichum L. with two stolons growing over water were treated separately with the sodium salt of 2,2-dichloropropionic acid-³⁶C1 (dalapon), 3-amino-1,2,4-triazole-¹⁴C (amitrole) and 1,1'-dimethyl-4,4'-dipyridylium dichloride-¹⁴C (paraquat) at four different situations on one stolon. Autoradiographs showed that both the amitrole and dalapon label accumulated in the apices of the treated stolons and in some of the young shoots growing from the base of the plant. The ¹⁴C from the paraquat label showed predominantly xylem translocating with no apical accumulation and little basal translocation. The results indicate that young basal shoots rely to some extent on assimilates from the mature stolons but that there is little transport between mature stolons.
La migration et la distribution de trois Herbicides marqués dans Paspalum distichum L.