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Sucrose amendment enhances phytoaccumulation of the herbicide atrazine in Arabidopsis thaliana.
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Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987) [Environ Pollut] 2007 Jan; Vol. 145 (2), pp. 507-15. Date of Electronic Publication: 2006 Jun 12. - Publication Year :
- 2007
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Abstract
- Growth in the presence of sucrose was shown to confer to Arabidopsis thaliana (thale cress or mustard weed) seedlings, under conditions of in vitro culture, a high level of tolerance to the herbicide atrazine and to other photosynthesis inhibitors. This tolerance was associated with root-to-shoot transfer and accumulation of atrazine in shoots, which resulted in significant decrease of herbicide levels in the growth medium. In soil microcosms, application of exogenous sucrose was found to confer tolerance and capacity to accumulate atrazine in Arabidopsis thaliana plants grown on atrazine-contaminated soil, and resulted in enhanced decontamination of the soil. Application of sucrose to plants grown on herbicide-polluted soil, which increases plant tolerance and xenobiotic absorption, thus appears to be potentially useful for phytoremediation.
- Subjects :
- Arabidopsis chemistry
Atrazine analysis
Biodegradation, Environmental
Ecosystem
Herbicides analysis
Photosynthesis
Plant Roots chemistry
Plant Roots metabolism
Plant Shoots chemistry
Plant Shoots metabolism
Soil analysis
Soil Pollutants analysis
Arabidopsis metabolism
Atrazine pharmacokinetics
Herbicides pharmacokinetics
Sucrose metabolism
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0269-7491
- Volume :
- 145
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987)
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 16769161
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2006.04.018