The effect of triazine - and urea - type herbicides on photosynthetic apparatus in cucumber leaves

About a half of the herbicides used at present in agnculture inhibit the light reactions in photosynthesis. Triazines and phenylureas shut down the photosynthetic process in susceptible plants by binding to specific sites within the plants photosystem II (PS II) complex. Both of them bind at the QB...

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Main Authors: Jolanta Jerzykiewicz, Grażyna Kłobus
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Polish Botanical Society 2011-01-01
Series:Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae
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Online Access:https://pbsociety.org.pl/journals/index.php/asbp/article/view/474