Uptake and Translocation of Diallate in Wheat, Barley, Flax, and Wild Oat

Abstract

Uptake and translocation of 14C label from S-2,3-dichloroallyl N,N-diisopropylthiolcarbamate (diallate) by roots and coleoptiles of wild oat (Avena fatua L.), wheat (Triticum aestivum L., var. Selkirk), barley (Hordeum vulgare L., var. Traill), and flax (Linum usitatissimum L., var. Bolley) were compared. The pattern of 14C label uptake and movement was similar in wild oat, barley, and wheat. However, translocation of the 14C label to the roots of wild oat was less than for barley. Although differential uptake and translocation per se did not appear to account for the selectivity of diallate for wild oat, some differences in translocation may have beep the result of metabolic breakdown products.