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Starts on older leaves and moves to newer tissues, chlorosis of leaf tips and tissue between veins, later symptoms are necrosis
Photosynthetic inhibitor symptoms
IUPAL name that gives proper chemical notation to completely describe compound structure
Chemical name
Slightly toxic
Caution
Trade name, active ingredient, inert/other ingredients, EPA regulation #
Herbicide label overview
Applying into visible weeds (burndown, in-crop)
Post-emergence
Plant incorperated protectants
PIPs
Living plant parts
Symplast
Structure moving proteins, sugars, amino acids up and down the plant
Phloem
First law specifically addressing pesticides, supported by arsenic poisoning in UK
Food and Drug Act of 1906
Overstimulate auxin hormone response, symptoms can occur within hours, mimics auxin
Growth regulators
Inhibits NADPH production
Bipyridiliums
Must possess proper license, for use only by certified applicators, when giving to others - person with license is liable
Restricted use
Invasive species often are more competitive than native species
Better competition hypothesis
Chemicals produced by weeds are more effective in new environment than in old environment
Novel weapons theory
Herbicide is caried through soil profile by water
Leaching
Application rate is 1x labeled rate (weeds)
Susceptible
Kills weeds and non-desirable crops
Selective herbicide
Representative herbicide (phenyl pyridazinones)
Norflurazon
Unregistered use for limited time, EPA must determine "emergency", authorized up to 1 year, supported by written letters
Section 18 permit
Representative herbicide (triazines)
Atrazine
Concentrated systemic herbicide, wipes solution on the crop, weeds typically must be taller than the crop
Rope-wick applicator
Herbicide runs off with soil particles
Runoff
Representative herbicide (ureas)
Diuron
Nucleus membrane
Nuclear membrane
Extended regulation to all herbicide, regulates sales in US and between countries, responsibility shifted from USDA to EPA, misuse transferred to applicator
1972 FIFRA amendment
Pesticide activity/composition validation, proposed label conforms to EPA standards, no adverse affects on non-target organisms/environment
EPA Petitioning
Fear of lipids, water soluble
Lipophobic
Structure used to move herbicide between cells
Plasmodesmata
1. Uptake/translocation to chloroplast 2. Diverts electron, generates reactive oxygen species 3. Initiates autocatalytic lipid peroxidation 4. Cells die 5. Plants die
Bipyridilium Mode of Action
Plants living outside their natural geographic regions
Non-indigenous
No adverse effects on environment, safe for use, unclassified
General use
Inhibit ACCase by binding to it
Lipid synthesis inhibitor mechanism of action
Herbicide from solid/liquid to gas, influenced by vapor pressure
Volatility
Targeted application, primarily in orchards/specialty crops, directed spray
Banded application
Sequence of events following initial application of an herbicide until final effect is observed
Mode of action
Moderately toxic
Warning
Surface application prior to planting
Pre-plant
Important soil herbicides in corn/grain sorghum production
Photosynthetic inhibitor key point
Herbicide interacts with soil particles
Adsorption
Herbicide tilled into soil (PPI)
Pre-plant incorperated
Phytoene desaturase
Norflurazon
Treating an entire area (ground application, aerial, herbigation)
Broadcast application
Killing everything while green
Brownout
Herbicide/chemical doing the work
Active ingredient
Refers to passage of an herbicide through the surface of a particle
Absorption
DOXP synthase
Clomazone
1. Uptake/translocation to chloroplast 2. Inhibition of electron transfer 3. Light energy to chlorophyll generates reactive oxygen species 4. Initiates autocatalytic lipid peroxidation 5. Cells die 6. Plants die in 7-10 days
Triazine, Ureas, Uracils Mode of Action
Water loving, water soluble
Hydrophilic
Application rate is >10x labeled rate (crops/weeds)
Resistant
Release of absorbed and adsorbed herbicide from soil, helped by rain
Activation
Non-living plant parts
Apoplast
EPA
Environmental Protection Agency
Diverts electron from PS1 and reacts with O2
Bipyridilium Mechanism of action
Representative herbicide (Bipyridilium)
Paraquat
No substance known to cause cancer can be put in animal/human food
FIFRA Delaney Cancer Clause
Representative herbicide (triketones)
Mesotrione
Application rate is 2-10x labeled rate (crop)
Tolerant
Synthetic or natural compound designed to control unwanted vegetation
Herbicide
Set standard that products had to contain a list of active ingredients and quantity included
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act of 1938
Zeta-carotene desaturase
Fluridone
fops/dims
Lipid synthesis inhibitors
Invasives quickly grow to population that is too high to eradicate
Smeda theory
Water-soaking on leaves (dark green appearance), necrosis and death of all parts contacted, drift injury is speckling
Bipyridilium symptoms
Simplified version of chemical name (ex: Glyphosate)
Common Name
A weed designated by state or national authorities as a plant that is injurious to agriculture and/or horticultural crops and/or humans and livestock
Noxious
Application post planting, prior to crop/weed emergence
Pre-emergence
New geographical areas with no predators, rapid growth, aren't recognized as invasive, prolific reproduction, thrive in multiple habitats, defense mechanisms to disadvantage other crops, exploit limiting factors
How plants become invasive
Established that this can only be applied from 7:30am-5:30pm, only sprayed on resistant cotton/soybeans, June 10 cutoff date, buffer distance of 240 ft to sensitive crops, must spray on days with no wind
2023 Dicamba Law in Missouri
Lipid loving, not water soluble
Lipophile
All contacted tissue affected, nonselective, damage is as uniform as coverage
Bipyridilium
Total cations in soil that can be contained
CEC
Ratio of herbicide bound to soil vs. free in soil solution
Soil Sorption Coefficient
Each use of a pesticide contributes a specific amount of exposure risk to humans, all uses combined/added, when full, no additional uses of pesticides are permitted, 1/10 normal amount for children
Risk Cup
Acts as antenna complex to harvest more light, assist in transferring light energy to PSII, Scavenges oxygen radicles
Carotenoids
1. Uptake/translocation to chloroplast 2. Inhibits ACCase 3. Lipid synthesis stops 4. Plant growing point dies 5. Plants die
Lipid synthesis inhibitor mode of action
Representative herbicide (uracils)
Turbacil
Consists of ligning called suberin
Casparian Strip
Fear of water, lipid soluble
Hydrophobic
Blocks function of glutamine synthetase, ammonium levels build up impacting photosynthesis
Gluphosinate
Only issued by EPA, company must apply, sought if awaiting approval, not required if <10 acres land/<1 acre water, effective for 1 year, EPA can extend
Early use permit
Movement through non-living plant parts
Apoplastic
Upon introduction, healthy plants are produced, natural predators left behind
Enemy release hypothesis
Effect of radiation on internal chemical bonds, can eliminate herbicide activity, changes parent molecule
Photodegredation
Cell membrane
Plasmalemma
Targets process in PSII that prevents electron transfer from Qa to Qb
Triazines, Ureas, Uracils mechanism of action
FIFRA
Federal Insecticide Fungicide and Rodenticide Act
Originally enforced by USDA - now EPA, put into place safety requirements for pesticide development, placed burden of safety on sponsoring company, stopped shipment of unapproved chemicals, updated in 1958
FIFRA
Targets specific weeds in certain areas, intended for post application, used in turf/specialty crops/pastures/forested areas
Spot spraying
All plants contacted by chemicals are affected
Non-selective herbicide
Off-target injury, spray tank contamination, movement into environment, persistence/carryover, disposal of containers/residues, crop injury following application, incomplete weed control, toxicity to humans/animals
Disadvantages of herbicides
Targeted unethical people from selling chemicals that did not do what was stated, Administered by USDA, didn't address health risks
Insecticide Act of 1910
Blocks HPPD
Mesotriones
Vacuole membrane
Tonoplast
Compounds to make the herbicide soluble or miscible in water (liquids in water formulations, clay in solid forms)
Inactive ingredient
Pesticide injected into an irrigation system
Herbigation
Structure moving water, nutrients up the plant
Xylem
Biological selectivity, control in advantageous spots, reduce tillage dependence, controls broad aray of life cycles
Advantages of herbicides
Embedded wax, cutin matrix
Lipophilic cutin matrix
Very lipophilic wax layer
Epicuticular wax
Identify plant, eliminate factors that encourage/favor invasive species, use effective tools, establish native species to fill the space
Invasive species management
Movement through living plant parts
Symplastic
Abolished Delaney clause, new standards of "reasonable certainty regarding pesticide safety" (no more than 1/1,000,000 chance), children considered special case (1/10 normal amount)
Food Quality Protection Act of 1996
Chloroplast membrane
Inner/outer envelope
Root system (casparian strip), foliar (cuticle, hair)
Major barriers restricting herbicide uptake
Inhibits specific enzymes in plants
Pigment inhibitors Mechanism of action
Materials designed to help herbicide not react with water, penetrate the cuticle, stay on target, spread evenly on leaf, form emulsion, not freeze
Additives
Tissue in sensitive plants bleached, leaf tips sometimes tinged purple
Pigment inhibitors symptoms
Representative herbicide (isoxazolidones)
Colmazone
Interference of a herbicide with a specific biochemical or molecular process that leads to injury/death
Mechanism of action
Non-indigenous species/strain that become established in natural plant communities
Invasive
1. Uptake/translocation to chloroplast 2. Inhibits specific enzyme 3. Carotenoids and xanthophylls no longer made 4. Photosynthesis in new tissue stops 5. ROS generated aren't quenched 6. Cells die 7. Plants die
Pigment inhibitors mode of action
Inhibit chlorophyll synthesis and causes lipid peroxidation, browning and necrosis on leaf tissue
Diphenyl ethers
Shield crop from potentially toxic chemical
Directed spray
Very toxic
Danger
Proprietary name of pesticide, typically trademarked
Tradename
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