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Structure Versus Activity of Substituted Pyridazinones as Related to Mechanism of Action

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

J. B. St. John  and
J. L. Hilton
J. B. St. John
Affiliation:
Plant Physiol., Agr. Res. Serv., U.S. Dep. Agric., Beltsville, MD 20705
J. L. Hilton
Affiliation:
Plant Physiol., Agr. Res. Serv., U.S. Dep. Agric., Beltsville, MD 20705
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Abstract

In at least three metabolic processes in wheat (Triticum aestivum L. var. ‘Arthur’) shoots inhibitory activity can be related to the chemical structure of substituted pyridazinones. Inhibitory activities include: inhibition of the Hill reaction and photosynthetic CO2 fixation; inhibition of carotenoid biosynthesis accompanied by photodestruction of chlorophyll; and interference with the formation of chloroplast membrane polar lipids. The parent compound, pyrazon [5-amino-4-chloro-2-phenyl-3(2H)-pyridazinone], inhibits the Hill reaction and photosynthetic CO2 fixation. Trifluoromethyl substitution of the phenyl ring of pyrazon, mono-methyl substitution of the amine, or substitutions at both positions result in inhibition of carotenoid biosynthesis. However, both substitutions are required for maximum effect. Substitutions onto the molecular structure of pyrazon are also related to alterations in the formation of membrane polar lipids. Dimethyl substitution of the amine of pyrazon is related to a decrease in linolenic acid accompanied by an increase in linoleic acid without a shift in the relative proportion of saturated to unsaturated fatty acids of the membrane lipids. The trifluoromethyl substitution of the phenyl ring and mono-methyl substitution of the amine are related to a shift toward a higher proportion of saturated fatty acids of chloroplast membrane lipids. Results obtained with diuron [3-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)-1,1-dimethylurea] and with dark-grown wheat tissue indicated that activity of the pyridazinones on the formation of membrane lipids was probably not related to inhibition of the Hill reaction.

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Research Article
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Weed Science , Volume 24 , Issue 6 , November 1976 , pp. 579 - 582
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Copyright © 1977 by the Weed Science Society of America 

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