Claim · model-written summary
Simazine decreased apple net photosynthesis, less than atrazine.
- Taxon
- apple trees
Malus domesticae1 - Treatment
- simazinee0
- Outcome
- Pne0
- Direction
- decreasee0
- Comparator
- atrazinee0
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageInteractorInteractor roleSecond interactorSecond interactor roleSettingValueQualifier
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Verbatim
e0“Monuron caused the greatest decrease in Pn, followed by atrazine and simazine.”
e1“greenhouse grown ‘Golden Delicious’/M 7 apple trees ( Malus domestica Borkh.)”
Title
Effect of Some Soil-applied Herbicides on Net Photosynthesis and Growth of Apple Trees1
Dharam P. Sharma; David C. Ferree; Fred O. Hartman HortScience 1977. doi:10.21273/hortsci.12.2.153
Other claims from this paper (6)
- Intervention effect Monuron caused the greatest decrease in apple net photosynthesis.
- Intervention effect Atrazine decreased apple net photosynthesis, less than monuron.
- Intervention effect Diuron had no effect on apple net photosynthesis.
- Intervention effect Monuron decreased the apple plastochron index.
- Intervention effect Atrazine decreased the apple plastochron index.
- Observation Herbicide effects on apple net photosynthesis appeared by day 10 and persisted through day 40.