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Effects of Diclofop and Diclofop-Methyl on the Membrane Potentials of Wheat and Oat Coleoptiles

Effects of Diclofop and Diclofop-Methyl on the Membrane Potentials of Wheat and Oat Coleoptiles

J P Wright, R H Shimabukuro

Plant Physiol. 1987 Sep;85(1):188-93.

PMID: 16665655

Abstract:

Electrophysiological measurements were made on the mesophyll cells of wheat (Triticum aestivum L. cv Waldron) and oat (Avena sativa L. cv Garry) coleoptiles treated either with the herbicide diclofop-methyl (methyl 2-(4-(2',4'-dichlorophenoxy)phenoxy)propanoate), or it's primary metabolite diclofop, (2-(4-(2',4'-dichlorophenoxy)phenoxy)-propanoic acid). Application of a 100 micromolar solution of diclofop-methyl to wheat coleoptiles had little or no effect on the membrane potential (E(M)), however in oat, E(M) slowly depolarized to the diffusion potential (E(D)). At pH 5.7, 100 micromolar diclofop rapidly abolished the electrogenic component of the membrane potential in both oat and wheat coleoptiles with half-times of 5 to 10 minutes and 15 to 20 minutes, respectively. The concentrations giving half-maximal depolarizations in wheat were 20 to 30 micromolar compared to 10 to 20 micromolar in oat. The depolarizing response was not due to a general increase in membrane permeability as judged from the E(M)'s response to changes in K(+), Na(+), Cl(-), and SO(4) (2-), before and after treatment with diclofop and from its response to KCN treatment. In both plants, diclofop increased the membrane permeability to protons, making the E(M) strongly dependent upon the external pH in the range of pH 5.5 to pH 8.5. The effects of diclofop can best be explained by its action as a specific proton ionophore that shuttles protons across the plasmalemma. The rapidity of the cell's response to both diclofop-methyl (15-20 minutes) and diclofop (2-5 minutes) makes the ionophoric activity a likely candidate for the earliest herbicidal event exhibited by these compounds.

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Catalog Number	Product Name	Structure	CAS Number	Price
AP40843252	(±)-Diclofop		40843-25-2	Price

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