Abstract
Three-day-old soybean seedlings were treated with acifluorfen via liquid culture [50 μM in dark, 1 μM in light (200 μE·m –2 ·s –1 )]. Root elongation in the dark was inhibited only slightly (6%) after 96 h. In the light, acifluorfen inhibited root elongation after 48 h; after 96 h, inhibition was 32%. Hypocotyl length was not affected in either the light or dark. Soluble hydroxyphenolic content per axis was unaffected in the dark but was reduced by about 13 to 25% at 24 to 96 h in the light. Extractable phenylalanine ammonia-lyase (PAL, EC 4.3.1.5) activity per axis was unaltered by herbicide in the dark. A brief transient increase in PAL activity (4 to 24 h) in axes of light-grown seedlings in the presence of acifluorfen was followed by reduced enzyme levels compared to light-grown controls at 72 and 96 h. Although light is required for maximal herbicide action, there was no effect on anthocyanin or chlorophyll accumulation or on the chlorophyll a/b ratio in hypocotyls or light-grown seedlings.
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Claims 9
Claim · model-written summary
Acifluorfen inhibited dark-grown soybean root elongation by 6% after 96 h.
- Taxon
- Soybean
Glycine maxt0 - Treatment
- acifluorfent0
- Outcome
- Root elongatione0
- Direction
- inhibitede0
- Value
- 6%e0
- Qualifier
- after 96 he0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Verbatim
e0“Root elongation in the dark was inhibited only slightly (6%) after 96 h.”
t0“Acifluorfen Action on Growth and Phenolic Metabolism in Soybean (Glycine max) Seedlings”
Claim · model-written summary
In light, acifluorfen inhibited root elongation after 48 h and by 32% after 96 h.
- Taxon
- Soybean
Glycine maxt0 - Treatment
- acifluorfene0
- Outcome
- root elongatione0
- Direction
- inhibitede0
- Value
- 32%e0
- Qualifier
- after 96 he0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Verbatim
e0“In the light, acifluorfen inhibited root elongation after 48 h; after 96 h, inhibition was 32%.”
t0“Acifluorfen Action on Growth and Phenolic Metabolism in Soybean (Glycine max) Seedlings”
Claim · model-written summary
Acifluorfen did not affect hypocotyl length in light or dark.
- Taxon
- Soybean
Glycine maxt0 - Treatment
- Acifluorfent0
- Outcome
- Hypocotyl lengthe0
- Direction
- not affectede0
- Qualifier
- either the light or darke0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Verbatim
e0“Hypocotyl length was not affected in either the light or dark.”
t0“Acifluorfen Action on Growth and Phenolic Metabolism in Soybean (Glycine max) Seedlings”
Claim · model-written summary
Soluble hydroxyphenolic content per axis was unaffected by acifluorfen in dark.
- Taxon
- Soybean
Glycine maxt0 - Treatment
- acifluorfent0
- Outcome
- Soluble hydroxyphenolic content per axise0
- Direction
- unaffectede0
- Qualifier
- in the darke0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Verbatim
e0“Soluble hydroxyphenolic content per axis was unaffected in the dark but was reduced by about 13 to 25% at 24 to 96 h in the light.”
t0“Acifluorfen Action on Growth and Phenolic Metabolism in Soybean (Glycine max) Seedlings”
Claim · model-written summary
In light, acifluorfen reduced soluble hydroxyphenolic content per axis by about 13 to 25% at 24 to 96 h.
- Taxon
- Soybean
Glycine maxt0 - Treatment
- acifluorfent0
- Outcome
- Soluble hydroxyphenolic content per axise0
- Direction
- reducede0
- Value
- 13 to 25%e0
- Qualifier
- at 24 to 96 h in the lighte0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Verbatim
e0“Soluble hydroxyphenolic content per axis was unaffected in the dark but was reduced by about 13 to 25% at 24 to 96 h in the light.”
t0“Acifluorfen Action on Growth and Phenolic Metabolism in Soybean (Glycine max) Seedlings”
Claim · model-written summary
Acifluorfen left PAL activity per axis unaltered in the dark.
- Taxon
- Soybean
Glycine maxt0 - Treatment
- herbicidee0
- Gene
- phenylalanine ammonia-lyasee0
- Outcome
- activity per axise0
- Direction
- unalterede0
- Qualifier
- in the darke0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Verbatim
e0“Extractable phenylalanine ammonia-lyase (PAL, EC 4.3.1.5) activity per axis was unaltered by herbicide in the dark.”
t0“Acifluorfen Action on Growth and Phenolic Metabolism in Soybean (Glycine max) Seedlings”
Claim · model-written summary
Acifluorfen transiently increased PAL activity at 4 to 24 h in light-grown seedlings.
- Taxon
- Soybean
Glycine maxt0 - Treatment
- acifluorfene0
- Outcome
- PAL activitye0
- Direction
- increasee0
- Qualifier
- 4 to 24 he0
- Comparator
- light-grown controlse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Verbatim
e0“A brief transient increase in PAL activity (4 to 24 h) in axes of light-grown seedlings in the presence of acifluorfen was followed by reduced enzyme levels compared to light-grown controls at 72 and 96 h.”
t0“Acifluorfen Action on Growth and Phenolic Metabolism in Soybean (Glycine max) Seedlings”
Claim · model-written summary
Acifluorfen reduced PAL enzyme levels at 72 and 96 h versus light-grown controls.
- Taxon
- Soybean
Glycine maxt0 - Treatment
- acifluorfene0
- Outcome
- enzyme levelse0
- Direction
- reducede0
- Qualifier
- at 72 and 96 he0
- Comparator
- light-grown controlse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Verbatim
e0“A brief transient increase in PAL activity (4 to 24 h) in axes of light-grown seedlings in the presence of acifluorfen was followed by reduced enzyme levels compared to light-grown controls at 72 and 96 h.”
t0“Acifluorfen Action on Growth and Phenolic Metabolism in Soybean (Glycine max) Seedlings”
Claim · model-written summary
Acifluorfen did not affect anthocyanin accumulation, chlorophyll accumulation, or chlorophyll a/b ratio.
- Taxon
- Soybean
Glycine maxt0 - Organ / stage
- hypocotylse0
- Treatment
- herbicidee0
- Outcome
- anthocyanin or chlorophyll accumulation or on the chlorophyll a/b ratioe0
- Direction
- no effecte0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Verbatim
e0“Although light is required for maximal herbicide action, there was no effect on anthocyanin or chlorophyll accumulation or on the chlorophyll a/b ratio in hypocotyls or light-grown seedlings.”
t0“Acifluorfen Action on Growth and Phenolic Metabolism in Soybean (Glycine max) Seedlings”
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