Time-and concentration-course studies were conducted to determine the effects of butachlor (N-[butoxymethyl]-2-chloro-2',6'-diethylacetanilide) on photosynthesis, protein synthesis, RNA synthesis, and lipid synthesis using isolated leaf cells of red kidney bean (Phageolus vulgaris L.). At the 2-h incubation period, butachlor inhibited photosynthesis, protein synthesis, RNA synthesis, and lipid synthesis 99, 99, 96, and 81% respectively at 100 ~xM, and 0, 19, 17, and 40% respectively at 10 p.M. At 100 jxM and 15-, 30-, and 60-min incubations, RNA synthesis was inhibited 20, 76 and 90% respectively, and lipid synthesis 35, 48, and 62% respectively; ph6tosynthesis and protein synthesis were inhibited over 90% at all of these time periods. The effects of 50 txM butachlor on protein and RNA synthesis in rice (Oryza sativa L.) and barnyardgrass (Echinochloa crusgalli L.) root and shoot segments were also investigated. Protein synthesis was inhibited in both species and to a greater degree in roots (81-90%) than in shoots (55-65%). RNA synthesis was inhibited 33% in barnyardgrass roots but not significantly in barnyardgrass shoots or either organ of rice.
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