Degradation of 2,4,5-trichlorophenoxyacetic Acid in woody plants.
Woody plants were sprayed with an aqueous homogenate of the n-butyl ester of 2,4,5-trichlorophenoxyacetic acid. Leaf extracts were studied by gas-liquid chromatography, and 2,4,5-trichlorophenol was always present. The formation of 2,4,5-trichloroanisole apparently did not occur.
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School of Forestry, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30601.
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Beck
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