Pesticide Research Journal
SCOPUSWeb of Science
  • Year: 2000
  • Volume: 12
  • Issue: 2

Phytotoxicity of Photoproducts of Pendimethalin to Rice seedlings

  • Author:
  • Goutam K. Pandit1, Pratik M. Bhattacharya2, Subhendu Chaudhuri2, Srikumar Pal3, Asit K. Das3
  • Total Page Count: 3
  • Page Number: 242 to 244

1Department of Agricultural Chemistry and Soil Science, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Mohanpur-741 252, Nadia, West Bengal, India.

2Department of Plant Pathology, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Mohanpur-741 252, Nadia, West Bengal, India.

3Department of Agricultural Biochemistry, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Mohanpur-741 252, Nadia, West Bengal, India.

Online published on 31 October, 2011.

Abstract

The phytotoxicity of photoproducts of pendimethalin was studied on germinating rice seedlings. Photoproduct, l-(l-ethylpropyl)-5,6-dimethyl-7-nitrobenzimidazole showed significantly higher toxicity than pendimethalin.

Keywords

Phytotoxicity, phototproducts, pendimethalin, rice seedlings