Herbicide Phosphinothricin Causes Direct Stimulation Hormesis

• Main Authors: Milan Dragićević (Author), Jelena Platiša (Author), Radomirka Nikolić (Author), Slađana Todorović (Author), Milica Bogdanović (Author), Nevena Mitić (Author), Ana Simonović (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SAGE Publishing, 2013-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Herbicide phosphinothricin (PPT) inhibits glutamine synthetase (GS), a key enzyme in nitrogen assimilation, thus causing ammonia accumulation, glutamine depletion and eventually plant death. However, the growth response of Lotus corniculatus L. plants immersed in solutions with a broad range of PPT...