Sites of herbicidal action

G.Sandman, P.Boger (Eds.), Target Sites of Herbicide Action, CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, 1989. 

G. Sandmann, P. Boger, in Target Sites of Herbicide Action, Ed. P. Boger,... 

Rademacher, W. In Target Sites of Herbicide Action Boger, P. Sandmann, G., Eds. CRC Press Boca Raton, Florida, 1989 Chapter 7. 

Mets L, Thiel A. Biochemistry and genetic control of the photosystem II herbicide target site. In Boger P, Sandmann G editors. Target sites of herbicide action. Boca Raton CRC Press, 1989 1-24. 

Histidine alone, however, is not capable of reversing the growth effects of amitrole on green plants nucleotide bases are more effective. " Purine biosynthesis has been suggested as a more important site of action than IGP dehydratase.Since histidine is ultimately biosynthesized from a purine nucleotide, adenosine triphosphate, the inhibition of histidine formation may only be indirect. Amitrole causes the bleaching of newly formed plant tissue, and pigment biosynthesis has been suggested as an alternative site of herbicide action.Effects of 1,2,4-triazole on cysteine biosynthesis have been noted in bacteria, but no studies have been carried out on plants to assess the relevance of this to amitrole-phytotoxicity. ... 

In this book, the major target sites of herbicide action are discussed in Chapters 1-5, with particular reference to photosynthesis amino acid, lipid, and carotenoid synthesis and other primary target sites. The effects of synergists or antagonists as modifiers of herbicide action are described in Chapter 6. 

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