A review of foliar absorption and translocation of 2,4-D and 2,4,5-T

This review is restricted to an examination of the literature on the environmental and chemical factors that affect foliar absorption and translocation of 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D) and 2,4,5-trichloro-phenoxyacetic acid (2,4,5-T) by plants. Most of the papers covered by this review have been published since 1965. Earlier works have been reviewed elsewhere by other authors (Currier & Dybing, 1959; Sargent, 1965; Franke, 1967; Robertson & Kirkwood, 1969; Hull, 1970). Often absorption and translocation of herbicides are considered together; here the two will be considered separately wherever possible.