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Plant Physiology 70:1277-1282 (1982)
© 1982 American Society of Plant Biologists

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Nature of Photooxidative Events in Leaves Treated with Chlorosis-Inducing Herbicides

Jürgen Feierabend and Theresia Winkelhüsener

Botanisches Institut, J. W. Goethe-Universität, Postfach 11 19 32, D-6000 Frankfurt/am Main, Federal Republic of Germany

Leaves of rye seedlings (Secale cereale L.) grown in the presence of four chlorosis-inducing herbicides under a low light intensity of 10 lux formed chlorophyll. When segments of such dim-light-grown leaves were exposed to 30,000 lux at either 0°C or 30°C, treatments with aminotriazole or haloxidine (group 1) showed no or only minor changes of their chlorophyll contents. In treatments with San 6706 or difunon (group 2), however, rapid photodestruction of chlorophyll occurred both at 0°C and at 30°C and was accompanied by an increase of malondialdehyde that was not seen in the presence of group 1 herbicides. Unlike the in vivo behavior, virtually equal rates of chlorophyll breakdown were observed for aminotriazole and San 6706 treatments in suspensions of isolated chloroplasts from 10 lux-grown leaves after exposure to strong light. The free radical scavengers p-benzoquinone and hydroquinone and the D-penicillamine copper complex exerting superoxide dismutating activity effectively prevented photooxidation of chlorophyll in 10 lux-grown herbicide-treated leaf segments or even restored an accumulation of chlorophyll at 30,000 lux. Ascorbate and several singlet oxygen or hydroxyl radical scavengers had no protective effects. Deuterium oxide and H2O2 did not enhance the degradation of chlorophyll. Superoxide dismutase activity was decreased in leaves bleached in the presence of group 2 herbicides.






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