title: Sucrose amendment enhances phytoaccumulation of the herbicide atrazine in Arabidopsis thaliana.
abstract: Growth in the presence of sucrose was shown to confer to Arabidopsis thaliana (thale cress or mustard weed) seedlings, under conditions of in vitro culture, a high level of tolerance to the herbicide atrazine and to other photosynthesis inhibitors. This tolerance was associated with root-to-shoot transfer and accumulation of atrazine in shoots, which resulted in significant decrease of herbicide levels in the growth medium. In soil microcosms, application of exogenous sucrose was found to confer tolerance and capacity to accumulate atrazine in Arabidopsis thaliana plants grown on atrazine-contaminated soil, and resulted in enhanced decontamination of the soil. Application of sucrose to plants grown on herbicide-polluted soil, which increases plant tolerance and xenobiotic absorption, thus appears to be potentially useful for phytoremediation.
authors.affiliation: UMR 6553 ECOBIO, CNRS, Université de Rennes 1, Campus de Beaulieu, bâtiment 14A, F-35042 Rennes Cedex, France.
authors.forename: Cécile
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sulmon
authors.forename: Gwenola
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gouesbet
authors.forename: Françoise
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Binet
authors.forename: Fabrice
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Martin-Laurent
authors.forename: Abdelhak
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: El Amrani
authors.forename: Ivan
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Couée
mesh_terms: D017360:Arabidopsis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D001280:Atrazine / Q000032:analysis / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D001673:Biodegradation, Environmental; D017753:Ecosystem; D006540:Herbicides / Q000032:analysis / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D010788:Photosynthesis; D018517:Plant Roots / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D018520:Plant Shoots / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D012987:Soil / Q000032:analysis; D012989:Soil Pollutants / Q000032:analysis; D013395:Sucrose / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D006540:Herbicides; D012987:Soil; D012989:Soil Pollutants; D013395:Sucrose; D001280:Atrazine