Two Sites of Inhibition of the Photosynthetic Electron Transport Chain by the Herbicide Trifluralin
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Herbicide, Inhibition, Photosynthetic Electron Transport, Trifluralin, Thermoluminescence The effect of trifluralin on the photosynthetic electron transport has been investigated by oxygen evolution and thermoluminescence measurements. The results confirm the earlier observations that trifluralin at low concentrations blocks electron transport between the two photosystems probably at the same site as DBMIB does. At higher concentrations however, trifluralin inhibits the reaction from H aO -*■ /?BQ also and affects the thermoluminescence of chloroplasts in a manner similar to DCMU. These results suggest that trifluralin has a second inhibitory site therefore the use of trifluralin as a specific inhibitor of electron transport has to be questioned.
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