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The Basis for the Hard-Water Antagonism of Glyphosate Activity

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

Kurt D. Thelen ,
Evelyn P. Jackson  and
Donald Penner
Kurt D. Thelen
Affiliation:
Michigan Dep. Agric., P.O. Box 30017, Lansing, MI 48909
Evelyn P. Jackson
Affiliation:
Dep. Chemistry and Max T. Rogers NMR Facility
Donald Penner
Affiliation:
Dep. Crop & Soil Sci., Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI 48824
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Abstract

Hard-water cations, such as Ca+2 and Mg+2, present in the spray solution can greatly reduce the efficacy of glyphosate. These cations potentially compete with the isopropylamine in the formulation for association with the glyphosate anion. 14C-Glyphosate absorption by sunflower was reduced in the presence of Ca+2. The addition of ammonium sulfate overcame the observed decrease in 14C-glyphosate absorption. Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) was used to study the chemical effects of calcium and calcium plus ammonium sulfate (AMS) on the glyphosate molecule. Data indicate an association of calcium with both the carboxyl and phosphonate groups on the glyphosate molecule. Initially, a random association of the compounds occurred; however, the reaction progressed to yield a more structured, chelate type complex over time. NH4+ from AMS effectively competed with calcium for complexation sites on the glyphosate molecule. Data suggest that the observed calcium antagonism of glyphosate and AMS reversal of the antagonism are chemically based.

Keywords

Glyphosate, N-(phosphonomethyl)glycineAMS, diammonium sulfate (NH4)2SO4sunflower, Helianthus annum L.Tank mixtureherbicide interactionfoliar absorptionnuclear magnetic resonanceNMR
Type
Physiology, Chemistry, and Biochemistry
Information
Weed Science , Volume 43 , Issue 4 , December 1995 , pp. 541 - 548
Copyright
Copyright © 1995 by the Weed Science Society of America 

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