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Bastogne B, Buysens C, Schtickzelle N, Lalaymia I, Declerck S. The systemic herbicide glyphosate affects the sporulation dynamics of Rhizophagus species more severely than mechanical defoliation or the contact herbicide diquat. MYCORRHIZA 2024:10.1007/s00572-024-01166-4. [PMID: 39259245 DOI: 10.1007/s00572-024-01166-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2024] [Accepted: 08/22/2024] [Indexed: 09/12/2024]
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Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) are totally dependent on a suitable host plant for their carbon resources. Here, we investigated under in vitro conditions, the impact of defoliation practices, i.e., mechanical defoliation or chemical defoliation with a contact herbicide (Reglone®, containing the active ingredient diquat) or systemic herbicide (RoundUp®, containing the active ingredient glyphosate), on the dynamics of spore production of Rhizophagus irregularis and Rhizophagus intraradices associated with Solanum tuberosum and/or Medicago truncatula. Glyphosate affected the spore production rate more rapidly and severely than diquat or mechanical defoliation. We hypothesize that this effect was related to disruption of the C metabolism in the whole plant combined with a possible direct effect of glyphosate on the fungus within the roots and/or perhaps in soil via the release of this active ingredient from decaying roots. No glyphosate could be detected in the roots due to technical constraints, while its release from the roots in the medium corresponded to 0.11% of the active ingredient applied to the leaves. The three defoliation practices strongly affected root colonization, compared to the non-defoliated plants. However, the amount of glyphosate released into the medium did not affect spore germination and germ tube growth. These results suggest that the effects of defoliation on the dynamics of spore production are mainly indirect via an impact on the plant, and that the effect is faster and more marked with the glyphosate-formulation, possibly via a direct effect on the fungus in the roots and more unlikely on spore germination.
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- Bérengère Bastogne
- Université Catholique de Louvain, Earth and Life Institute, Croix du Sud 2, Bte L7.05.06 Mycology, B-1348, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
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- Université Catholique de Louvain, Earth and Life Institute, Croix du Sud 2, Bte L7.05.06 Mycology, B-1348, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
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- Biodiversity Research Centre, Université Catholique de Louvain, Earth and Life Institute, Croix du Sud 4, Bte L7.07.04, B-1348, Louvain-La-Neuve, Belgium
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- Université Catholique de Louvain, Earth and Life Institute, Croix du Sud 2, Bte L7.05.06 Mycology, B-1348, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
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- Université Catholique de Louvain, Earth and Life Institute, Croix du Sud 2, Bte L7.05.06 Mycology, B-1348, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium.
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Solomonova E, Shoman N, Akimov A. Physiological responses of the microalgae Thalassiosira weissflogii to the presence of the herbicide glyphosate in the medium. FUNCTIONAL PLANT BIOLOGY : FPB 2024; 51:FP23205. [PMID: 38669460 DOI: 10.1071/fp23205] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2023] [Accepted: 04/07/2024] [Indexed: 04/28/2024]
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We evaluated changes in growth, chlorophyll fluorescence and basic physiological and biochemical parameters of the microalgae Thalassiosira weissflogii cells under the influence of the herbicide glyphosate in concentrations 0, 25, 95 and 150μgL-1 . The toxic effect of glyphosate on algae is weakly dependent on the level of cell mineral nutrition. High concentrations of the herbicide do not lead to the death of microalgae but block the process of algae cell division. An increase in the glyphosate concentration in the medium leads to a slowdown or stop of algal growth, a decrease in their final biomass, an increase in the production of reactive oxygen species (ROS), depolarisation of mitochondrial membranes and metabolic activity of algae. Glyphosate inhibits the photosynthetic activity of cells and inhibits the relative rate of electron transport in the photosynthetic apparatus. Glyphosate at the studied concentrations does not affect the size characteristics of cells and the intracellular content of chlorophyll in T. weissflogii . The studied herbicide or products of its decay retain their toxic properties in the environment for at least 9days. This result shows the need for further in-depth studies to assess the physiological response and possible acclimation changes in the functional state of oxygenic phototrophs in response to the herbicide action. The species specificity of microalgae to the effects of glyphosate in natural conditions is potentially dangerous due to a possible change in the species structure of biocoenoses, in particular, a decrease in the contribution of diatoms.
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- Ekaterina Solomonova
- A.O. Kovalevsky Institute of Biology of the Southern Seas of RAS, 2, Nakhimov Avenue, Sevastopol, Russian Federation
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- A.O. Kovalevsky Institute of Biology of the Southern Seas of RAS, 2, Nakhimov Avenue, Sevastopol, Russian Federation
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- A.O. Kovalevsky Institute of Biology of the Southern Seas of RAS, 2, Nakhimov Avenue, Sevastopol, Russian Federation
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Palberg D, Kaszecki E, Dhanjal C, Kisiała A, Morrison EN, Stock N, Emery RJN. Impact of glyphosate and glyphosate-based herbicides on phyllospheric Methylobacterium. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2024; 24:119. [PMID: 38369476 PMCID: PMC10875822 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-024-04818-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2023] [Accepted: 02/12/2024] [Indexed: 02/20/2024]
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Symbiotic Methylobacterium comprise a significant portion of the phyllospheric microbiome, and are known to benefit host plant growth, development, and confer tolerance to stress factors. The near ubiquitous use of the broad-spectrum herbicide, glyphosate, in farming operations globally has necessitated a more expansive evaluation of the impacts of the agent itself and formulations containing glyphosate on important components of the plant phyllosphere, including Methylobacterium.This study provides an investigation of the sensitivity of 18 strains of Methylobacterium to glyphosate and two commercially available glyphosate-based herbicides (GBH). Nearly all strains of Methylobacterium showed signs of sensitivity to the popular GBH formulations WeatherMax® and Transorb® in a modified Kirby Bauer experiment. However, exposure to pure forms of glyphosate did not show a significant effect on growth for any strain in both the Kirby Bauer test and in liquid broth, until polysorbate-20 (Tween20) was added as a surfactant. Artificially increasing membrane permeability through the introduction of polysorbate-20 caused a 78-84% reduction in bacterial cell biomass relative to controls containing glyphosate or high levels of surfactant only (0-9% and 6-37% reduction respectively). Concentrations of glyphosate as low as 0.05% w/v (500 µg/L) from both commercial formulations tested, inhibited the culturability of Methylobacterium on fresh nutrient-rich medium.To better understand the compatibility of important phyllospheric bacteria with commercial glyphosate-based herbicides, this study endeavours to characterize sensitivity in multiple strains of Methylobacterium, and explore possible mechanisms by which toxicity may be induced.
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- Daniel Palberg
- Environmental and Life Sciences Graduate Program, Trent University, 1600 West Bank Drive, Peterborough, ON, K9L 0G2, Canada
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- Environmental and Life Sciences Graduate Program, Trent University, 1600 West Bank Drive, Peterborough, ON, K9L 0G2, Canada
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University, 5000 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, USA
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- Environmental and Life Sciences Graduate Program, Trent University, 1600 West Bank Drive, Peterborough, ON, K9L 0G2, Canada
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- Environmental and Life Sciences Graduate Program, Trent University, 1600 West Bank Drive, Peterborough, ON, K9L 0G2, Canada
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- Environmental and Life Sciences Graduate Program, Trent University, 1600 West Bank Drive, Peterborough, ON, K9L 0G2, Canada
- Water Quality Centre, Trent University, 1600 West Bank Drive, Peterborough, ON, K9L 0G2, Canada
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- Environmental and Life Sciences Graduate Program, Trent University, 1600 West Bank Drive, Peterborough, ON, K9L 0G2, Canada.
- Department of Biology, Trent University, 1600 West Bank Drive, Peterborough, ON, K9L 0G2, Canada.
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Wang M, Rivenbark KJ, Phillips TD. Kinetics of glyphosate and aminomethylphosphonic acid sorption onto montmorillonite clays in soil and their translocation to genetically modified corn. J Environ Sci (China) 2024; 135:669-680. [PMID: 37778837 PMCID: PMC10542765 DOI: 10.1016/j.jes.2023.02.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2022] [Revised: 02/02/2023] [Accepted: 02/02/2023] [Indexed: 10/03/2023]
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The co-occurrence of glyphosate (GLP) and aminomethylphosphonic acid (AMPA) in contaminated water, soil, sediment and plants is a cause for concern due to potential threats to the ecosystem and human health. A major route of exposure is through contact with contaminated soil and consumption of crops containing GLP and AMPA residues. However, clay-based sorption strategies for mixtures of GLP and AMPA in soil, plants and garden produce have been very limited. In this study, in vitro soil and in vivo genetically modified corn models were used to establish the proof of concept that the inclusion of clay sorbents in contaminated soils will reduce the bioavailability of GLP and AMPA in soils and their adverse effects on plant growth. Effects of chemical concentration (1-10 mg/kg), sorbent dose (0.5%-3% in soil and 0.5%-1% in plants) and duration (up to 28 days) on sorption kinetics were studied. The time course results showed a continuous GLP degradation to AMPA. The inclusion of calcium montmorillonite (CM) and acid processed montmorillonite (APM) clays at all doses significantly and consistently reduced the bioavailability of both chemicals from soils to plant roots and leaves in a dose- and time-dependent manner without detectable dissociation. Plants treated with 0.5% and 1% APM inclusion showed the highest growth rate (p ≤ 0.05) and lowest chemical bioavailability with up to 76% reduction in roots and 57% reduction in leaves. Results indicated that montmorillonite clays could be added as soil supplements to reduce hazardous mixtures of GLP and AMPA in soils and plants.
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- Meichen Wang
- Veterinary Physiology and Pharmacology, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, TX 77845, USA
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- Veterinary Physiology and Pharmacology, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, TX 77845, USA
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- Veterinary Physiology and Pharmacology, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, TX 77845, USA.
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Li S, Li P, Li X, Wen N, Wang Y, Lu W, Lin M, Lang Z. In maize, co-expression of GAT and GR79-EPSPS provides high glyphosate resistance, along with low glyphosate residues. ABIOTECH 2023; 4:277-290. [PMID: 38106436 PMCID: PMC10721750 DOI: 10.1007/s42994-023-00114-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2023] [Accepted: 08/01/2023] [Indexed: 12/19/2023]
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Herbicide tolerance has been the dominant trait introduced during the global commercialization of genetically modified (GM) crops. Herbicide-tolerant crops, especially glyphosate-resistant crops, offer great advantages for weed management; however, despite these benefits, glyphosate-resistant maize (Zea mays L.) has not yet been commercially deployed in China. To develop a new bio-breeding resource for glyphosate-resistant maize, we introduced a codon-optimized glyphosate N-acetyltransferase gene, gat, and the enolpyruvyl-shikimate-3-phosphate synthase gene, gr79-epsps, into the maize variety B104. We selected a genetically stable high glyphosate resistance (GR) transgenic event, designated GG2, from the transgenic maize population through screening with high doses of glyphosate. A molecular analysis demonstrated that single copy of gat and gr79-epsps were integrated into the maize genome, and these two genes were stably transcribed and translated. Field trials showed that the transgenic event GG2 could tolerate 9000 g acid equivalent (a.e.) glyphosate per ha with no effect on phenotype or yield. A gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) analysis revealed that, shortly after glyphosate application, the glyphosate (PMG) and aminomethylphosphonic acid (AMPA) residues in GG2 leaves decreased by more than 90% compared to their levels in HGK60 transgenic plants, which only harbored the epsps gene. Additionally, PMG and its metabolic residues (AMPA and N-acetyl-PMG) were not detected in the silage or seeds of GG2, even when far more than the recommended agricultural dose of glyphosate was applied. The co-expression of gat and gr79-epsps, therefore, confers GG2 with high GR and a low risk of herbicide residue accumulation, making this germplasm a valuable GR event in herbicide-tolerant maize breeding. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s42994-023-00114-8.
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- Shengyan Li
- Biotechnology Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Biotechnology Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Biotechnology Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Biotechnology Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Biotechnology Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Biotechnology Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Biotechnology Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Biotechnology Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
- National Nanfan Research Institute (Sanya), Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Sanya, Hainan China
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Gao W, Zhang Y, Lin M, Mao J, Xing B, Li Y, Hou R. Capability of phytoremediation of glyphosate in environment by Vulpia myuros. ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY 2023; 265:115511. [PMID: 37774542 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2023.115511] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2023] [Revised: 09/17/2023] [Accepted: 09/20/2023] [Indexed: 10/01/2023]
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Glyphosate is an herbicide extensively used worldwide that can remain in the soil. Phytoremediation to decontaminate polluted water or soil requires a plant that can accumulate the target compound. Vulpia myuros is an annual fescue that can be used as a heavy mental phytoremediation strategy. Recently, it has been used to intercrop with tea plant to prohibit the germination and growth of other weeds in tea garden. In order to know whether it can be used an decontaminating glyphosate' plant in water or soil, in this study, glyphosate degradation behavior was investigated in Vulpia myuros cultivated in a hydroponic system. The results showed that the concentration of glyphosate in the nutrient solution decreased from 43.09 μg mL-1 to 0.45 μg mL-1 in 30 days and that 99% of the glyphosate molecules were absorbed by V. myuros. The contents of glyphosate in the roots reached the maximum (224.33 mg kg-1) on day 1 and then decreased. After 3 days, the content of glyphosate in the leaves reached the highest value (215.64 mg kg-1), while it decreased to 156.26 mg kg-1 in the roots. The dissipation dynamics of glyphosate in the whole hydroponic system fits the first-order kinetic model C = 455.76e-0.21 t, with a half-life of 5.08 days. Over 30 days, 80% of the glyphosate was degraded. The contents of the glyphosate metabolite amino methyl phosphoric acid (AMPA), ranged from 0.103 mg kg-1 on day 1-0.098 mg kg-1 on day 30, not changing significantly over time. The Croot/solution, Cleaf/solution and Cleaf/root were used to express the absorption, transfer, and distribution of glyphosate in V. myuros. These results indicated that glyphosate entered into the root system through free diffusion, which was influenced by both the log Kow and the concentration of glyphosate in the nutrient solution, and that glyphosate was either easily transferred to the leaves through the transpiration stream, accumulated, or degraded. The degradation of glyphosate in V. myuros indicated that it has potential as a remediating plant for environmental restoration.
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- Wanjun Gao
- State Key Laboratory of Tea Plant Biology and Utilization, School of Tea and Food Science & Technology, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei 230036, PR China; Tea Research Institute, Tea Refining and Innovation Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Chengdu 610066, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Tea Plant Biology and Utilization, School of Tea and Food Science & Technology, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei 230036, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Tea Plant Biology and Utilization, School of Tea and Food Science & Technology, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei 230036, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Tea Plant Biology and Utilization, School of Tea and Food Science & Technology, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei 230036, PR China
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- Stockbridge School of Agriculture, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, United States
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- State Key Laboratory of Tea Plant Biology and Utilization, School of Tea and Food Science & Technology, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei 230036, PR China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Tea Plant Biology and Utilization, School of Tea and Food Science & Technology, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei 230036, PR China.
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Jia Y, Kang L, Wu Y, Zhou C, Li D, Li J, Pan C. Review on Pesticide Abiotic Stress over Crop Health and Intervention by Various Biostimulants. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2023; 71:13595-13611. [PMID: 37669447 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.3c04013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/07/2023]
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Plants are essential for life on earth, and agricultural crops are a primary food source for humans. For the One Health future, crop health is crucial for safe, high-quality agricultural products and the development of future green commodities. However, the overuse of pesticides in modern agriculture raises concerns about their adverse effects on crop resistance and product quality. Recently, biostimulants, including microecological bacteria agents and nanoparticles, have garnered worldwide interest for their ability to sustain plant health and enhance crop resistance. This review analyzed the effects and mechanisms of pesticide stress on crop health. It also investigated the regulation of biostimulants on crop health and the multiomics mechanism, combining research on nanoselenium activating various crop health aspects conducted by the authors' research group. The paper helps readers understand the impact of pesticides on crop health and the positive influence of various biostimulants, especially nanomaterials and small molecules, on crop health.
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- Yujiao Jia
- Innovation Center of Pesticide Research, Department of Applied Chemistry, College of Science, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, P. R. China
- Key Laboratory of National Forestry and Grassland Administration on Pest Chemical Control, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, P. R. China
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- Innovation Center of Pesticide Research, Department of Applied Chemistry, College of Science, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, P. R. China
- Key Laboratory of National Forestry and Grassland Administration on Pest Chemical Control, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, P. R. China
- Institute of Agricultural Quality Standards and Testing Technology, Xinjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Urumqi 830091, P. R. China
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- Innovation Center of Pesticide Research, Department of Applied Chemistry, College of Science, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, P. R. China
- Key Laboratory of National Forestry and Grassland Administration on Pest Chemical Control, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, P. R. China
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- Innovation Center of Pesticide Research, Department of Applied Chemistry, College of Science, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, P. R. China
- Key Laboratory of National Forestry and Grassland Administration on Pest Chemical Control, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Green Prevention and Control of Tropical Plant Diseases and Pests, Ministry of Education, College of Plant Protection, Hainan University, Haikou, Hainan 570228, P. R. China
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- Innovation Center of Pesticide Research, Department of Applied Chemistry, College of Science, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, P. R. China
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- Innovation Center of Pesticide Research, Department of Applied Chemistry, College of Science, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, P. R. China
- Key Laboratory of National Forestry and Grassland Administration on Pest Chemical Control, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, P. R. China
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Röhnelt AM, Martin PR, Buchner D, Haderlein SB. Transformation of Iminodi(methylene phosphonate) on Manganese Dioxides - Passivation of the Mineral Surface by (Formed) Mn 2. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2023; 57:11958-11966. [PMID: 37515553 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.3c01838] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/31/2023]
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Aminopolyphosphonates (APPs) are strong chelating agents with growing use in industrial and household applications. In this study, we investigated the oxidation of the bisphosphonate iminodi(methylene phosphonate) (IDMP) - a major transformation product (TP) of numerous commercially used APPs and a potential precursor for aminomethylphosphonate (AMPA) - on manganese dioxide (MnO2). Transformation batch experiments at pH 6 revealed AMPA and phosphate as main TPs, with a phosphorus mass balance of 80 to 92% throughout all experiments. Our results suggest initial cleavage of the C-P bond and formation of the stable intermediate N-formyl-AMPA. Next, C-N bond cleavage leads to the formation of AMPA, which exhibits lower reactivity than IDMP. Reaction rates together with IDMP and Mn2+ sorption data indicate formation of IDMP-Mn2+ surface bridging complexes with progressing MnO2 reduction, leading to the passivation of the mineral surface regarding IDMP oxidation. Compound-specific stable carbon isotope analysis of IDMP in both sorbed and aqueous fractions further supported this hypothesis. Depending on the extent of Mn2+ surface concentration, the isotope data indicated either sorption of IDMP to the mineral surface or electron transfer from IDMP to MnIV to be the rate-limiting step of the overall reaction. Our study sheds further light on the complex surface processes during MnO2 redox reactions and reveals abiotic oxidative transformation of APPs by MnO2 as a potential process contributing to widespread elevated AMPA concentrations in the environment.
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- Anna M Röhnelt
- Center for Applied Geoscience, Department of Geosciences, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- Center for Applied Geoscience, Department of Geosciences, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- Center for Applied Geoscience, Department of Geosciences, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- Center for Applied Geoscience, Department of Geosciences, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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Kurnia KA, Lin YT, Farhan A, Malhotra N, Luong CT, Hung CH, Roldan MJM, Tsao CC, Cheng TS, Hsiao CD. Deep Learning-Based Automatic Duckweed Counting Using StarDist and Its Application on Measuring Growth Inhibition Potential of Rare Earth Elements as Contaminants of Emerging Concerns. TOXICS 2023; 11:680. [PMID: 37624185 PMCID: PMC10457735 DOI: 10.3390/toxics11080680] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2023] [Revised: 08/03/2023] [Accepted: 08/06/2023] [Indexed: 08/26/2023]
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In recent years, there have been efforts to utilize surface water as a power source, material, and food. However, these efforts are impeded due to the vast amounts of contaminants and emerging contaminants introduced by anthropogenic activities. Herbicides such as Glyphosate and Glufosinate are commonly known to contaminate surface water through agricultural industries. In contrast, some emerging contaminants, such as rare earth elements, have started to enter the surface water from the production and waste of electronic products. Duckweeds are angiosperms from the Lemnaceae family and have been used for toxicity tests in aquatic environments, mainly those from the genus Lemna, and have been approved by OECD. In this study, we used duckweed from the genus Wolffia, which is smaller and considered a good indicator of metal pollutants in the aquatic environment. The growth rate of duckweed is the most common endpoint in observing pollutant toxicity. In order to observe and mark the fronds automatically, we used StarDist, a machine learning-based tool. StarDist is available as a plugin in ImageJ, simplifying and assisting the counting process. Python also helps arrange, manage, and calculate the inhibition percentage after duckweeds are exposed to contaminants. The toxicity test results showed Dysprosium to be the most toxic, with an IC50 value of 14.6 ppm, and Samarium as the least toxic, with an IC50 value of 279.4 ppm. In summary, we can provide a workflow for automatic frond counting using StarDist integrated with ImageJ and Python to simplify the detection, counting, data management, and calculation process.
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- Kevin Adi Kurnia
- Department of Chemistry, Chung Yuan Christian University, Chung-Li 32023, Taiwan; (K.A.K.); (A.F.)
- Department of Bioscience Technology, Chung Yuan Christian University, Chung-Li 32023, Taiwan;
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- Department of Biotechnology, College of Life Science, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung City 80708, Taiwan;
- Drug Development & Value Creation Research Center, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung City 80708, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, Chung Yuan Christian University, Chung-Li 32023, Taiwan; (K.A.K.); (A.F.)
- Department of Bioscience Technology, Chung Yuan Christian University, Chung-Li 32023, Taiwan;
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- Department of Bioscience Technology, Chung Yuan Christian University, Chung-Li 32023, Taiwan;
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- Department of Chemical Engineering & Institute of Biotechnology and Chemical Engineering, I-Shou University, Da-Shu, Kaohsiung City 84001, Taiwan; (C.T.L.); (C.-H.H.)
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- Department of Chemical Engineering & Institute of Biotechnology and Chemical Engineering, I-Shou University, Da-Shu, Kaohsiung City 84001, Taiwan; (C.T.L.); (C.-H.H.)
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- Faculty of Pharmacy, The Graduate School, University of Santo Tomas, Manila 1008, Philippines;
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- Department of Biological Sciences and Technology, National University of Tainan, Tainan 70005, Taiwan;
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- Department of Biological Sciences and Technology, National University of Tainan, Tainan 70005, Taiwan;
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- Department of Chemistry, Chung Yuan Christian University, Chung-Li 32023, Taiwan; (K.A.K.); (A.F.)
- Department of Bioscience Technology, Chung Yuan Christian University, Chung-Li 32023, Taiwan;
- Center for Nanotechnology, Chung Yuan Christian University, Chung-Li 32023, Taiwan
- Research Center for Aquatic Toxicology and Pharmacology, Chung Yuan Christian University, Chung-Li 32023, Taiwan
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Rosales CA, Shields SWJ, Aulenback CLJ, Elezi G, Wasslen KV, Pallister PJ, Faull KF, Manthorpe JM, Smith JC. Improved Chromatography and MS-Based Detection of Glyphosate and Aminomethylphosphonic Acid Using iTrEnDi. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 2023; 34:948-957. [PMID: 37132245 DOI: 10.1021/jasms.3c00026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Glyphosate (GLY), a synthetic, nonselective systemic herbicide that is particularly effective against perennial weeds, is the most used weedkiller in the world. There are growing concerns over GLY accumulation in the environment and the attendant human health-associated risks, and despite increased attention in the media, GLY and its breakdown product aminomethylphosphonic acid (AMPA) remain elusive to many analytical strategies. Chemical derivatization coupled with high-performance liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (HPLC-MS) addresses the challenge of quantifying low levels of GLY and AMPA in complex samples. Here we demonstrate the use of in situ trimethylation enhancement using diazomethane (iTrEnDi) to derivatize GLY and AMPA into permethylated products ([GLYTr]+ and [AMPATr]+, respectively) prior to analysis via HPLC-MS. iTrEnDi produced quantitative yields and resulted in a 12-340-fold increases in HPLC-MS-based sensitivity for [GLYTr]+ and [AMPATr]+, respectively, compared with underivatized counterparts. The limits of detection of derivatized compounds were found to be 0.99 ng/L for [GLYTr]+ and 1.30 ng/L for [AMPATr]+, demonstrating significant sensitivity improvements compared to previously established derivatization techniques. iTrEnDi is compatible with the direct derivatization of Roundup formulations. Finally, as proof of principle, a simple aqueous extraction followed by iTrEnDi enabled the detection of [GLYTr]+ and [AMPATr]+ on the exterior of field-grown soybeans that were sprayed with Roundup. Overall, iTrEnDi ameliorates issues relating to low proton affinity and chromatographic retention, boosting HPLC-MS-based sensitivity and enabling the elucidation of elusive analytes such as GLY and AMPA within agricultural systems.
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- Christian A Rosales
- Department of Chemistry, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario K1S 5B6, Canada
- Carleton Mass Spectrometry Centre, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario K1S 5B6, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario K1S 5B6, Canada
- Carleton Mass Spectrometry Centre, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario K1S 5B6, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario K1S 5B6, Canada
- Institute of Biochemistry, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario K1S 5B6, Canada
- Carleton Mass Spectrometry Centre, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario K1S 5B6, Canada
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- Pasarow Mass Spectrometry Laboratory, Jane and Terry Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior and the Department of Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90024, United States of America
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- Department of Chemistry, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario K1S 5B6, Canada
- Carleton Mass Spectrometry Centre, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario K1S 5B6, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario K1S 5B6, Canada
- Carleton Mass Spectrometry Centre, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario K1S 5B6, Canada
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- Pasarow Mass Spectrometry Laboratory, Jane and Terry Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior and the Department of Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90024, United States of America
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- Department of Chemistry, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario K1S 5B6, Canada
- Institute of Biochemistry, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario K1S 5B6, Canada
- Carleton Mass Spectrometry Centre, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario K1S 5B6, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario K1S 5B6, Canada
- Institute of Biochemistry, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario K1S 5B6, Canada
- Carleton Mass Spectrometry Centre, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario K1S 5B6, Canada
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Adu-Yeboah P, Lowor ST, Segbefia MA, Konlan S, Pobee P. Physiological and growth responses of cacao to glyphosate exposure. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND HEALTH. PART. B, PESTICIDES, FOOD CONTAMINANTS, AND AGRICULTURAL WASTES 2023; 58:91-99. [PMID: 36708092 DOI: 10.1080/03601234.2023.2169523] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Herbicide drift phytotoxicity is a problem in plantation crops due to application failures and unfavorable spray conditions. With the increased use of glyphosate in cacao plantations in Ghana, there are concerns about the effect on cacao growth and productivity from doses that potentially could be expected from drift. The aim of this study was to evaluate the physiological and growth response of young cacao plants exposed to glyphosate. Two field experiments were conducted in randomized blocks, with four replications. Glyphosate was applied at rates 0 to 720 g a.e. ha-1. Crop injury, shikimate accumulation, chlorophyll content, quantum efficiency of PSІІ (Fv/Fm), height, and stem diameter were evaluated. Increased glyphosate rates increased crop injury and shikimate accumulation and decreased chlorophyll content, quantum efficiency of PSІІ (Fv/Fm), and plant growth. Glyphosate rates 360 g a.e. ha-1 or higher resulted in >60% foliar injury and more than 10-fold increase in shikimate accumulation. Glyphosate reduced chlorophyll content to <10 and Fv/Fm to <0.35 at the highest rates. Glyphosate rates ≥180 g a.e. ha-1 reduced height and stem diameter of plants and caused reductions in stand count. Thus, cacao showed sensitivity to glyphosate, and severe injury impaired plant growth.
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- Cocoa Research Institute of Ghana, New Tafo-Akim, Ghana
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Wang M, Rivenbark KJ, Phillips TD. Adsorption and detoxification of glyphosate and aminomethylphosphonic acid by montmorillonite clays. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2023; 30:11417-11430. [PMID: 36097303 PMCID: PMC10022482 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-022-22927-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2022] [Accepted: 09/03/2022] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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The co-occurrence of mixtures of glyphosate (GLP) and aminomethylphosphonic acid (AMPA) in contaminated water, soil, sediment, and plants is a cause for concern due to potential threats to the ecosystem and human health. Major routes of exposure include contact with contaminated water and soil and through consumption of crops containing GLP and AMPA residues. Calcium montmorillonite (CM) and acid-processed montmorillonite (APM) clays were investigated for their ability to tightly sorb and detoxify GLP and AMPA mixtures. In vitro adsorption and desorption isotherms and thermodynamic analysis indicated saturable Langmuir binding of both chemicals with high capacities, affinities, enthalpies, and free energies of sorption and low desorption rates. In silico computational modeling indicated that both GLP and AMPA can be readily absorbed onto clay surfaces through electrostatic interactions and hydrogen bonding. The safety and efficacy of the clays were confirmed using well-established living organisms, including an aquatic cnidarian (Hydra vulgaris), a soil nematode (Caenorhabditis elegans), and a floating plant (Lemna minor). Low levels of clay inclusion (0.05% and 0.2%) in the culture medium resulted in increased growth and protection against chemical mixtures based on multiple endpoints. Results indicated that montmorillonite clays may be used to bind mixtures of GLP and AMPA in water, soil, and plants.
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- Meichen Wang
- Veterinary Integrative Biosciences Department, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 77843-4458, USA
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- Veterinary Integrative Biosciences Department, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 77843-4458, USA
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- Veterinary Integrative Biosciences Department, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 77843-4458, USA.
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Zioga E, White B, Stout JC. Glyphosate used as desiccant contaminates plant pollen and nectar of non-target plant species. Heliyon 2022; 8:e12179. [PMID: 36531643 PMCID: PMC9755368 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e12179] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2022] [Revised: 11/09/2022] [Accepted: 11/30/2022] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Pesticide products containing glyphosate as a systemic active ingredient are some of the most extensively used herbicides worldwide. After spraying, residues have been found in nectar and pollen collected by bees foraging on treated plants. This dietary exposure to glyphosate could pose a hazard for flower-visiting animals including bees, and for the delivery of pollination services. Here, we evaluated whether glyphosate contaminates nectar and pollen of targeted crops and non-target wild plants. Oilseed rape was selected as focal crop species, and Rubus fruticosus growing in the hedgerows surrounding the crop was chosen as non-target plant species. Seven fields of oilseed rape, where a glyphosate-based product was applied, were chosen in east and southeast Ireland, and pollen and nectar were extracted from flowers sampled from the field at various intervals following glyphosate application. Pollen loads were taken from honeybees and bumblebees foraging on the crop at the same time. Glyphosate and aminomethylphosphonic acid (AMPA) residues were extracted using acidified methanol and their concentrations in the samples were determined by a validated liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) method. Glyphosate was detected in R. fruticosus nectar and pollen samples that were taken within a timeframe of two to seven days after the application on the crop as a desiccant. No glyphosate was detected when the application took place before or more than two months prior to our sampling in any of the evaluated matrices. The metabolite AMPA was not detected in any samples. To gain further insight into the potential extent of translocation within both plants and soil when a crop is desiccated using glyphosate before harvesting, and the potential impacts on bees, we recommend a longitudinal study of the presence and fate of glyphosate in non-target flowering plants growing nearby crop fields, over a period of several days after glyphosate application.
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- Elena Zioga
- Botany, School of Natural Sciences, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland
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- School of Chemical Sciences, DCU Water Institute, Dublin City University, Dublin 9, Ireland
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- Botany, School of Natural Sciences, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland
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Vennapusa AR, Agarwal S, Rao Hm H, Aarthy T, Babitha KC, Thulasiram HV, Kulkarni MJ, Melmaiee K, Sudhakar C, Udayakumar M, S Vemanna R. Stacking herbicide detoxification and resistant genes improves glyphosate tolerance and reduces phytotoxicity in tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L.) and rice (Oryza sativa L.). PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY : PPB 2022; 189:126-138. [PMID: 36084528 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2022.08.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2022] [Revised: 08/15/2022] [Accepted: 08/28/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Glyphosate residues retained in the growing meristematic tissues or in grains of glyphosate-resistant crops affect the plants physiological functions and crop yield. Removing glyphosate residues in the plants is desirable with no penalty on crop yield and quality. We report a new combination of scientific strategy to detoxify glyphosate that reduces the residual levels and improve crop resistance. The glyphosate detoxifying enzymes Aldo-keto reductase (AKR1) and mutated glycine oxidase (mGO) with different modes of action were co-expressed with modified EPSPS, which is insensitive to glyphosate in tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L.) and rice (Oryza sativa L.). The transgenic tobacco plants expressing individual PsAKR1, mGO, CP4-EPSPS, combinations of PsAKR1:CP4EPSPS, PsAKR1:mGO, and multigene with PsAKR1: mGO: CP4EPSPS genes were developed. The bio-efficacy studies of in-vitro leaf regeneration on different concentrations of glyphosate, seedling bioassay, and spray on transgenic tobacco plants demonstrate that glyphosate detoxification with enhanced resistance. Comparative analysis of the transgenic tobacco plants reveals that double and multigene expressing transgenics had reduced accumulation of shikimic acid, glyphosate, and its primary residue AMPA, and increased levels of sarcosine were observed in all PsAKR1 expressing transgenics. The multigene expressing rice transgenics showed improved glyphosate resistance with yield maintenance. In summary, results suggest that stacking genes with two different detoxification mechanisms and insensitive EPSPS is a potential approach for developing glyphosate-resistant plants with less residual content.
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- Amaranatha Reddy Vennapusa
- Department of Crop Physiology, University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bangalore, 560065, India; Department of Botany, Sri Krishnadevaraya University, Anantapur, 515001, India; Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Delaware State University, Dover, DE, 19901, USA.
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- Laboratory of Plant Functional Genomics, Regional Center for Biotechnology, Faridabad, 121001, India
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- Department of Crop Physiology, University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bangalore, 560065, India
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- Laboratory of Plant Functional Genomics, Regional Center for Biotechnology, Faridabad, 121001, India
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- Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Delaware State University, Dover, DE, 19901, USA
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- Department of Botany, Sri Krishnadevaraya University, Anantapur, 515001, India
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- Department of Crop Physiology, University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bangalore, 560065, India
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- Laboratory of Plant Functional Genomics, Regional Center for Biotechnology, Faridabad, 121001, India.
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Overview of Environmental and Health Effects Related to Glyphosate Usage. SUSTAINABILITY 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/su14116868] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Since the introduction of glyphosate (N-(phosphomethyl) glycine) in 1974, it has been the most used nonselective and broad-spectrum herbicide around the world. The widespread use of glyphosate and glyphosate-based herbicides is due to their low-cost efficiency in killing weeds, their rapid absorption by plants, and the general mistaken perception of their low toxicity to the environment and living organisms. As a consequence of the intensive use and accumulation of glyphosate and its derivatives on environmental sources, major concerns about the harmful side effects of glyphosate and its metabolites on human, plant, and animal health, and for water and soil quality, are emerging. Glyphosate can reach water bodies by soil leaching, runoff, and sometimes by the direct application of some approved formulations. Moreover, glyphosate can reach nontarget plants by different mechanisms, such as spray application, release through the tissue of treated plants, and dead tissue from weeds. As a consequence of this nontarget exposure, glyphosate residues are being detected in the food chains of diverse products, such as bread, cereal products, wheat, vegetable oil, fruit juice, beer, wine, honey, eggs, and others. The World Health Organization reclassified glyphosate as probably carcinogenic to humans in 2015 by the IARC. Thus, many review articles concerning different glyphosate-related aspects have been published recently. The risks, disagreements, and concerns regarding glyphosate usage have led to a general controversy about whether glyphosate should be banned, restricted, or promoted. Thus, this review article makes an overview of the basis for scientists, regulatory agencies, and the public in general, with consideration to the facts on and recommendations for the future of glyphosate usage.
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Farr R, Norsworthy JK, Barber LT, Butts TR, Roberts T. Utility of roller wiper applications of dicamba for Palmer amaranth control in soybean. PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE 2022; 78:2151-2160. [PMID: 35170207 PMCID: PMC9314051 DOI: 10.1002/ps.6838] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2021] [Revised: 02/09/2022] [Accepted: 02/16/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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BACKGROUND The commercialization of dicamba-resistant soybean has resulted in increased concern for off-target movement of dicamba onto sensitive vegetation. To mitigate the off-target movement through physical drift, one might consider use of rope wicks and other wiper applicators. Although wiper-type application methods have been efficacious in pasture settings, the utility of dicamba using wiper applicators in agronomic crops is not available in scientific literature. To determine the utility of roller wipers for dicamba applications in dicamba-resistant soybean, two separate experiments were conducted in the summer of 2020 and replicated in both Keiser and Fayetteville, AR, USA. RESULTS Utilizing opposing application directions and a 2:1:1 ratio of water: formulated glyphosate: formulated dicamba were the most efficacious practices for controlling Palmer amaranth. The high herbicide concentrations and wiping in opposing directions increased dicamba-resistant soybean injury when the wiper contacted the crop, but no yield loss was observed because of this injury. Broadcast applications resulted in greater Palmer amaranth mortality than roller wiper applications, and the most effective roller wiper treatments were when two sequential applications were made inside the crop canopy. CONCLUSIONS Dicamba applications require adequate coverage for optimum weed control. While efforts can be made to increase roller wiper efficacy by optimizing coverage and timing of applications, broadcast applications are superior to roller wiper applicators for weed control. Roller wiper applications did not reduce soybean yield, thus wiper-type applications may be safely used in dicamba-resistant soybean, albeit the likelihood for off-target damage caused by volatilization of these treatments would need to be investigated. © 2022 The Authors. Pest Management Science published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Society of Chemical Industry.
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- Rodger Farr
- Department of Crop, Soil, and Environmental SciencesUniversity of ArkansasFayettevilleARUSA
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- Department of Crop, Soil, and Environmental SciencesUniversity of ArkansasFayettevilleARUSA
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- Department of Crop, Soil, and Environmental SciencesUniversity of Arkansas Systems Division of AgricultureLonokeARUSA
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- Department of Crop, Soil, and Environmental SciencesUniversity of Arkansas Systems Division of AgricultureLonokeARUSA
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- Department of Crop, Soil, and Environmental SciencesUniversity of ArkansasFayettevilleARUSA
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Hafez M, Abdelmagid A, Aboukhaddour R, Adam LR, Daayf F. Fusarium Root Rot Complex in Soybean: Molecular Characterization, Trichothecene Formation, and Cross-Pathogenicity. PHYTOPATHOLOGY 2021; 111:2287-2302. [PMID: 33938238 DOI: 10.1094/phyto-03-21-0083-r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Soybean is threatened by many pathogens that negatively affect this crop's yield and quality, such as various Fusarium species that cause wilting and root rot diseases. Fusarium root rot (FRR) in soybean can be caused by F. graminearum and other Fusarium spp. that are associated with Fusarium head blight (FHB) in cereals. Therefore, it was important to inquire whether Fusarium pathogens from soybean can cause disease in wheat and vice versa. Here, we investigated the FRR complex in Manitoba (Canada) from symptomatic plants, using both culture- and molecular-based methods. We developed a molecular diagnostic toolkit to detect and differentiate between several Fusarium spp. involved in FHB and FRR, then we evaluated cross-pathogenicity of selected Fusarium isolates collected from soybean and wheat, and the results indicate that isolates recovered from one host can infect the other host. Trichothecene production by selected Fusarium spp. was also analyzed chemically via liquid chromatography mass spectrometry in both soybean (root) and wheat (spike) tissues. Trichothecenes were also analyzed in soybean seeds from plants with FRR to check the potentiality of trichothecene translocation from infected roots to the seeds. All of the tested Fusarium isolates were capable of producing trichothecenes in wheat spikes and soybean roots, but no trichothecenes were detected in soybean seeds. This study provided evidence, for the first time, that trichothecenes were produced by several Fusarium spp. (F. cerealis, F. culmorum, and F. sporotrichioides) during FRR development in soybean.
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- Mohamed Hafez
- Department of Plant Science, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3T2N2, Canada
- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Lethbridge Research and Development Center, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
- Department of Botany and Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Suez University, Suez, Egypt
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- Department of Plant Science, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3T2N2, Canada
- Department of Plant Pathology, Assiut University, Assiut, 71515, Egypt
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Lethbridge Research and Development Center, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Plant Science, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3T2N2, Canada
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- Department of Plant Science, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3T2N2, Canada
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Benevenuto RF, Zanatta CB, Guerra MP, Nodari RO, Agapito-Tenfen SZ. Proteomic Profile of Glyphosate-Resistant Soybean under Combined Herbicide and Drought Stress Conditions. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2021; 10:plants10112381. [PMID: 34834744 PMCID: PMC8622064 DOI: 10.3390/plants10112381] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2021] [Revised: 11/03/2021] [Accepted: 11/04/2021] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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While some genetically modified (GM) plants have been targeted to confer tolerance to abiotic stressors, transgenes are impacted by abiotic stressors, causing adverse effects on plant physiology and yield. However, routine safety analyses do not assess the response of GM plants under different environmental stress conditions. In the context of climate change, the combination of abiotic stressors is a reality in agroecosystems. Therefore, the aim of this study was to analyze the metabolic cost by assessing the proteomic profiles of GM soybean varieties under glyphosate spraying and water deficit conditions compared to their non-transgenic conventional counterparts. We found evidence of cumulative adverse effects that resulted in the reduction of enzymes involved in carbohydrate metabolism, along with the expression of amino acids and nitrogen metabolic enzymes. Ribosomal metabolism was significantly enriched, particularly the protein families associated with ribosomal complexes L5 and L18. The interaction network map showed that the affected module representing the ribosome pathway interacts strongly with other important proteins, such as the chloro-plastic gamma ATP synthase subunit. Combined, these findings provide clear evidence for increasing the metabolic costs of GM soybean plants in response to the accumulation of stress factors. First, alterations in the ribosome pathway indicate that the GM plant itself carries a metabolic burden associated with the biosynthesis of proteins as effects of genetic transformation. GM plants also showed an imbalance in energy demand and production under controlled conditions, which was increased under drought conditions. Identifying the consequences of altered metabolism related to the interaction between plant transgene stress responses allows us to understand the possible effects on the ecology and evolution of plants in the medium and long term and the potential interactions with other organisms when these organisms are released in the environment.
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- Rafael Fonseca Benevenuto
- Crop Science Department, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianopolis 88034000, Brazil; (R.F.B.); (C.B.Z.); (M.P.G.); (R.O.N.)
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- Crop Science Department, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianopolis 88034000, Brazil; (R.F.B.); (C.B.Z.); (M.P.G.); (R.O.N.)
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- Crop Science Department, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianopolis 88034000, Brazil; (R.F.B.); (C.B.Z.); (M.P.G.); (R.O.N.)
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- Crop Science Department, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianopolis 88034000, Brazil; (R.F.B.); (C.B.Z.); (M.P.G.); (R.O.N.)
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- GenØk Centre for Biosafety, Siva Innovasjonssenter Postboks 6418, 9294 Tromsø, Norway
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Guo BF, Hong HL, Sun LP, Guo Y, Qiu LJ. Transcriptome analysis reveals differing response and tolerance mechanism of EPSPS and GAT genes among transgenic soybeans. Mol Biol Rep 2021; 48:7351-7360. [PMID: 34676504 DOI: 10.1007/s11033-021-06742-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2021] [Accepted: 10/01/2021] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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BACKGROUND Glyphosate is a broad-spectrum, non-selective systemic herbicide. Introduction of glyphosate tolerance genes such as EPSPS or detoxification genes such as GAT can confer glyphosate tolerance on plants. Our previous study revealed that co-expression of EPSPS and GAT genes conferred higher glyphosate tolerance without "yellow flashing". However, the plant response to glyphosate at the transcriptional level was not investigated. METHODS AND RESULTS To investigate the glyphosate tolerance mechanism, RNA-seq was conducted using four soybean genotypes, including two non-transgenic (NT) soybeans, ZH10 and MD12, and two GM soybeans, HJ698 and ZH10-6. Differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were identified in these soybeans before and after glyphosate treatment. Similar response to glyphosate in the two NT soybeans and the different effects of glyphosate on the two GM soybeans were identified. As treatment time was prolonged, the expression level of some DEGs involved in shikimate biosynthetic pathway and herbicide targeted cross-pathways was increased or declined continuously in NT soybeans, and altered slightly in HJ698. However, the expression level of some DEGs was altered in ZH10-6 at 12 hpt, while similar expression level of some DEGs involved in shikimate biosynthetic pathway and herbicide targeted cross-pathways was observed in ZH10-6 at 0 hpt and 72 hpt. These observations likely explain the higher glyphosate tolerance in ZH10-6 than in HJ698 and NT soybeans. CONCLUSIONS These results suggested that GAT and EPSPS genes together play a crucial role in response to glyphosate, the GAT gene may work at the early stage of glyphosate exposure, whereas the EPSPS gene may be activated after the uptake of glyphosate by plants. These findings will provide valuable insight for the molecular basis underlying glyphosate tolerance or glyphosate detoxication.
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- Bing-Fu Guo
- The National Key Facility for Crop Gene Resources and Genetic Improvement (NFCRI) and MOA Key Lab of Soybean Biology (Beijing), Institute of Crop Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, No. 12 Zhongguancun South Street, Haidian District, Beijing, 100081, People's Republic of China
- Jiangxi Province Key Laboratory of Oilcrops Biology, Crops Research Institute of Jiangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanchang, China
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- The National Key Facility for Crop Gene Resources and Genetic Improvement (NFCRI) and MOA Key Lab of Soybean Biology (Beijing), Institute of Crop Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, No. 12 Zhongguancun South Street, Haidian District, Beijing, 100081, People's Republic of China
- College of Agriculture, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, People's Republic of China
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- Jiangxi Province Key Laboratory of Oilcrops Biology, Crops Research Institute of Jiangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanchang, China
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- The National Key Facility for Crop Gene Resources and Genetic Improvement (NFCRI) and MOA Key Lab of Soybean Biology (Beijing), Institute of Crop Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, No. 12 Zhongguancun South Street, Haidian District, Beijing, 100081, People's Republic of China.
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- The National Key Facility for Crop Gene Resources and Genetic Improvement (NFCRI) and MOA Key Lab of Soybean Biology (Beijing), Institute of Crop Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, No. 12 Zhongguancun South Street, Haidian District, Beijing, 100081, People's Republic of China.
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Mendes EJ, Malage L, Rocha DC, Kitamura RSA, Gomes SMA, Navarro-Silva MA, Gomes MP. Isolated and combined effects of glyphosate and its by-product aminomethylphosphonic acid on the physiology and water remediation capacity of Salvinia molesta. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2021; 417:125694. [PMID: 34229404 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.125694] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2021] [Revised: 02/25/2021] [Accepted: 03/16/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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We evaluate the isolated and combined effects of glyphosate and its by-product aminomethylphosphonic acid (AMPA) and the potential of the aquatic macrophyte Salvinia molesta to remove these chemicals from contaminated water. Plants were exposed to environmentally relevant concentrations of glyphosate (0, 20, 40, 60, 80 and 100 µg l-1) or AMPA (0, 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 µg l-1) for seven days. Then, based on the effective concentrations of glyphosate found to reduce photosynthetic rates by 10% (EC10) and 50% (EC50), the plants were exposed to combinations of 0, 16 and 63.5 µg glyphosate l-1 and 0, 5, 15, 25 µg AMPA l-1. The EC(10) and EC(50) were lower for AMPA (6.1 µg l-1 and 28.4 µg l-1 respectively) than for glyphosate (16 and 63.5 µg glyphosate l-1 respectively). When occurring together, the deleterious effects of those chemicals to plants increased. S. molesta plants removed up to 74.15% of glyphosate and 71.34% of AMPA from culture water. Due to its high removal efficiency, S. molesta can be used in phytoremediation programs. It will be important to evaluate the combined effects of glyphosate and AMPA in any toxicological studies of the herbicide.
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- Evelyn Joslin Mendes
- Laboratório de Fisiologia de Plantas sob Estresse, Departamento de Botânica, Setor de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Centro Politécnico, Avenida Coronel Francisco H. dos Santos, 100, Jardim das Américas, C.P. 19031, 81531-980 Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Fisiologia de Plantas sob Estresse, Departamento de Botânica, Setor de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Centro Politécnico, Avenida Coronel Francisco H. dos Santos, 100, Jardim das Américas, C.P. 19031, 81531-980 Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Fisiologia de Plantas sob Estresse, Departamento de Botânica, Setor de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Centro Politécnico, Avenida Coronel Francisco H. dos Santos, 100, Jardim das Américas, C.P. 19031, 81531-980 Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Fisiologia de Plantas sob Estresse, Departamento de Botânica, Setor de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Centro Politécnico, Avenida Coronel Francisco H. dos Santos, 100, Jardim das Américas, C.P. 19031, 81531-980 Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Anatomia e Biomecânica Vegetal, Departamento de Botânica, Setor de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Centro Politécnico, Avenida Coronel Francisco H. dos Santos, 100, Jardim das Américas, C.P. 19031, 81531-980 Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Morfologia e Fisiologia de Culicidae e Chironomidae. Departamento de Zoologia, Setor de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Centro Politécnico, Avenida Coronel Francisco H. dos Santos, 100, Jardim das Américas, C.P. 19031, 81531-980 Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Fisiologia de Plantas sob Estresse, Departamento de Botânica, Setor de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Centro Politécnico, Avenida Coronel Francisco H. dos Santos, 100, Jardim das Américas, C.P. 19031, 81531-980 Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil.
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Vicini JL, Jensen PK, Young BM, Swarthout JT. Residues of glyphosate in food and dietary exposure. Compr Rev Food Sci Food Saf 2021; 20:5226-5257. [PMID: 34397175 DOI: 10.1111/1541-4337.12822] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2020] [Revised: 06/25/2021] [Accepted: 07/06/2021] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Glyphosate is the active ingredient in Roundup® brand nonselective herbicides, and residue testing for food has been conducted as part of the normal regulatory processes. Additional testing has been conducted by university researchers and nongovernmental agencies. Presence of residues needs to be put into the context of safety standards. Furthermore, to appropriately interpret residue data, analytical assays must be validated for each food sample matrix. Regulatory agency surveys indicate that 99% of glyphosate residues in food are below the European maximum residue limits (MRLs) or U.S. Environmental Protection Agency tolerances. These data support the conclusion that overall residues are not elevated above MRLs/tolerances due to agricultural practices or usage on genetically modified (GM) crops. However, it is important to understand that MRLs and tolerances are limits for legal pesticide usage. MRLs only provide health information when the sum of MRLs of all foods is compared to limits established by toxicology studies, such as the acceptable daily intake (ADI). Conclusions from dietary modeling that use actual food residues, or MRLs themselves, combined with consumption data indicate that dietary exposures to glyphosate are within established safe limits. Measurements of glyphosate in urine can also be used to estimate ingested glyphosate exposure, and studies indicate that exposure is <3% of the current European ADI for glyphosate, which is 0.5 mg glyphosate/kg body weight. Conclusions of risk assessments, based on dietary modeling or urine data, are that exposures to glyphosate from food are well below the amount that can be ingested daily over a lifetime with a reasonable certainty of no harm.
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- John L Vicini
- Regulatory Sciences, Bayer Crop Science, Chesterfield, Missouri, USA
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- Regulatory Sciences, Bayer Crop Science, Chesterfield, Missouri, USA
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- Regulatory Sciences, Bayer Crop Science, Chesterfield, Missouri, USA
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- Regulatory Sciences, Bayer Crop Science, Chesterfield, Missouri, USA
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Limon AW, Moingt M, Widory D. The carbon stable isotope compositions of glyphosate and aminomethylphosphonic acid (AMPA): Improved analytical sensitivity and first application to environmental water matrices. RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY : RCM 2021; 35:e9017. [PMID: 33270272 DOI: 10.1002/rcm.9017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2020] [Revised: 12/01/2020] [Accepted: 12/02/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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RATIONALE The presence of glyphosate and its degradation product aminomethylphosphonic acid (AMPA) in the environment has adverse effects on environmental quality, raising the need to better constrain their fates, in particular the processes that control their production and degradation. Our aim was to improve the sensitivity of their δ13 C analysis and demonstrate the feasibility of measuring them in natural surface water. METHODS The δ13 C values of dissolved glyphosate and AMPA were determined using isotope ratio mass spectrometry (IRMS) (Delta V Plus instrument) coupled to a high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) unit, where glyphosate and AMPA were separated on a Hypercarb column. RESULTS We demonstrated an improved sensitivity of the δ13 C analysis for glyphosate and AMPA by LC/IRMS compared with previous studies. For waters from the carbonate and silicate hydrofacies, while no pretreatment was required for the isotope analysis of glyphosate, removal by H3 PO4 acidification of dissolved inorganic carbon, that co-elutes with AMPA, was required prior to its analysis. We successfully tested a freeze-drying pre-concentration method showing no associated isotope fractionation up to concentration factors of 500 and 50 for glyphosate and AMPA, respectively. CONCLUSIONS We demonstrated, for the first time, the feasibility of measuring the δ13 C values of glyphosate and AMPA in natural surface waters with contrasted hydrofacies (calcium carbonate and silicate types). This opens new fields in pesticide research, especially on the characterization of processes that control their degradation and the production of their secondary byproducts.
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- A Williams Limon
- GEOTOP/Université du Québec à Montréal, case postale 8888, , Montréal, QC, H3C 3P8, Canada
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- GEOTOP/Université du Québec à Montréal, case postale 8888, , Montréal, QC, H3C 3P8, Canada
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- GEOTOP/Université du Québec à Montréal, case postale 8888, , Montréal, QC, H3C 3P8, Canada
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Hearon SE, Wang M, McDonald TJ, Phillips TD. Decreased bioavailability of aminomethylphosphonic acid (AMPA) in genetically modified corn with activated carbon or calcium montmorillonite clay inclusion in soil. J Environ Sci (China) 2021; 100:131-143. [PMID: 33279026 PMCID: PMC7719843 DOI: 10.1016/j.jes.2020.06.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2020] [Revised: 06/24/2020] [Accepted: 06/24/2020] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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The widespread use of pesticides has resulted in detectable residues throughout the environment, sometimes at concentrations well above regulatory limits. Therefore, the development of safe, effective, field-practical, and economically feasible strategies to mitigate the effects of pesticides is warranted. Glyphosate is an organophosphorus herbicide that is degraded to aminomethylphosphonic acid (AMPA), a toxic and persistent metabolite that can accumulate in soil and sediment and translocate to plants. In this study, we investigated the binding efficacy of activated carbon (AC) and calcium montmorillonite (CM) clay to decrease AMPA bioavailability from soil and AMPA translocation to plants. Adsorption isotherms and thermodynamic studies on AC and CM were conducted and showed tight binding (enthalpy values >-20 kJ/mol) for AMPA with high capacities (0.25 mol/kg and 0.38 mol/kg, respectively), based on derivations from the Langmuir model. A hydra assay was utilized to indicate toxicity of AMPA and the inclusion of 1% AC and CM both resulted in 90% protection of the hydra (**p ≤ 0.01). Further studies in glyphosate-contaminated soil showed that AC and CM significantly reduced AMPA bioavailability by 53% and 44%, respectively. Results in genetically modified (GM) corn showed a conversion of glyphosate to AMPA in roots and sprouts over a 10-day exposure duration. Inclusion of AC and CM reduced AMPA residues in roots and sprouts by 47%-61%. These studies collectively indicate that AC and CM are effective sorbents for AMPA and could be used to reduce AMPA bioavailability from soil and AMPA residues in GM corn plants.
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- Sara E Hearon
- Veterinary Integrative Biosciences Department College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University College Station, TX 77845, USA
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- Veterinary Integrative Biosciences Department College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University College Station, TX 77845, USA
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- Department of Environmental and Occupational Health School of Public Health, Texas A&M University, College Station, 400 Bizzell St College Station, TX 77843, USA
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- Veterinary Integrative Biosciences Department College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University College Station, TX 77845, USA.
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Duke SO. Glyphosate: Uses Other Than in Glyphosate-Resistant Crops, Mode of Action, Degradation in Plants, and Effects on Non-target Plants and Agricultural Microbes. REVIEWS OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION AND TOXICOLOGY 2021; 255:1-65. [PMID: 33895876 DOI: 10.1007/398_2020_53] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Glyphosate is the most used herbicide globally. It is a unique non-selective herbicide with a mode of action that is ideal for vegetation management in both agricultural and non-agricultural settings. Its use was more than doubled by the introduction of transgenic, glyphosate-resistant (GR) crops. All of its phytotoxic effects are the result of inhibition of only 5-enolpyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate synthase (EPSPS), but inhibition of this single enzyme of the shikimate pathway results in multiple phytotoxicity effects, both upstream and downstream from EPSPS, including loss of plant defenses against pathogens. Degradation of glyphosate in plants and microbes is predominantly by a glyphosate oxidoreductase to produce aminomethylphosphonic acid and glyoxylate and to a lesser extent by a C-P lyase to produce sarcosine and phosphate. Its effects on non-target plant species are generally less than that of many other herbicides, as it is not volatile and is generally sprayed in larger droplet sizes with a relatively low propensity to drift and is inactivated by tight binding to most soils. Some microbes, including fungal plant pathogens, have glyphosate-sensitive EPSPS. Thus, glyphosate can benefit GR crops by its activity on some plant pathogens. On the other hand, glyphosate can adversely affect some microbes that are beneficial to agriculture, such as Bradyrhizobium species, although GR crop yield data indicate that such an effect has been minor. Effects of glyphosate on microbes of agricultural soils are generally minor and transient, with other agricultural practices having much stronger effects.
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- Stephen O Duke
- National Center for Natural Products Research, School of Pharmacy, University of Mississippi, University, MS, USA.
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Qiao C, Wang C, Pang R, Tian F, Han L, Guo L, Luo J, Li J, Pang T, Xie H, Fang J. Environmental behavior and influencing factors of glyphosate in peach orchard ecosystem. ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY 2020; 206:111209. [PMID: 32891912 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2020.111209] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2020] [Revised: 08/21/2020] [Accepted: 08/21/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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In this paper, several experiments were carried out to study the environmental behavior and influencing factors of glyphosate (PMG) in peach orchard ecosystem. The results of field experiments showed that PMG and its metabolite aminomethylphosphonic acid (AMPA) were detected in peach tree leaves and peach tree fruits, although PMG was only sprayed on the soil. The residues of PMG and AMPA in peach tree leaves were ~0.1 mg/kg and ~0.5 mg/kg and in peach tree fruits were ~0.01 mg/kg and 0.07-0.11 mg/kg, respectively. By conducting a series of laboratory simulation experiments, the environmental factors affecting the degradation of PMG were screened and evaluated. The results showed that PMG metabolized much faster in loess soil than red soil and black soil (with the DT50 of 11.6 days, 62.4 days, and 34.1 days, respectively). By analyzing the basic properties of the soil, we investigated the effects of pH, moisture content, organic matter (exogenous biochar) and ambient temperature using orthogonal experiments, and the results were further confirmed by microbial experiment. The results showed that alkaline conditions (pH = 7.8/9), high water content (25%) and microorganisms could promote the degradation of PMG. Sterile soil environment had a negative impact on the metabolic behavior of PMG to AMPA.
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- Chengkui Qiao
- Zhengzhou Fruit Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou, 450009, China
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- Zhengzhou Fruit Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou, 450009, China
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- Zhengzhou Fruit Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou, 450009, China
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- Zhengzhou Fruit Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou, 450009, China
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- College of Science, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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- Zhengzhou Fruit Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou, 450009, China
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- Zhengzhou Fruit Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou, 450009, China
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- Zhengzhou Fruit Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou, 450009, China
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- Zhengzhou Fruit Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou, 450009, China
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- Zhengzhou Fruit Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou, 450009, China.
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- Zhengzhou Fruit Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou, 450009, China.
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Gerdol M, Visintin A, Kaleb S, Spazzali F, Pallavicini A, Falace A. Gene expression response of the alga Fucus virsoides (Fucales, Ochrophyta) to glyphosate solution exposure. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2020; 267:115483. [PMID: 32889518 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2020.115483] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2020] [Revised: 08/18/2020] [Accepted: 08/18/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Fucus virsoides is an ecologically important canopy-forming brown algae endemic to the Adriatic Sea. Once widespread in marine coastal areas, this species underwent a rapid population decline and is now confined to small residual areas. Although the reasons behind this progressive disappearance are still a matter of debate, F. virsoides may suffer, like other macroalgae, from the potential toxic effects of glyphosate-based herbicides. Here, through a transcriptomic approach, we investigate the molecular basis of the high susceptibility of this species to glyphosate solution, previously observed at the morphological and eco-physiological levels. By simulating runoff event in a factorial experiment, we exposed F. virsoides to glyphosate (Roundup® 2.0), either alone or in association with nutrient enrichment, highlighting significant alterations of gene expression profiles that were already visible after three days of exposure. In particular, glyphosate exposure determined the near-complete expression shutdown of several genes involved in photosynthesis, protein synthesis and stress response molecular pathways. Curiously, these detrimental effects were partially mitigated by nutrient supplementation, which may explain the survival of relict population in confined areas with high nutrient inputs.
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- Marco Gerdol
- Department of Life Sciences, University of Trieste, 34127, Trieste, Italy
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- Department of Life Sciences, University of Trieste, 34127, Trieste, Italy
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- Department of Life Sciences, University of Trieste, 34127, Trieste, Italy
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- Department of Life Sciences, University of Trieste, 34127, Trieste, Italy
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- Department of Life Sciences, University of Trieste, 34127, Trieste, Italy; CoNISMa, Piazzale Flaminio 9, 00196, Roma, Italy; Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale - OGS, Trieste, Italy
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- Department of Life Sciences, University of Trieste, 34127, Trieste, Italy; CoNISMa, Piazzale Flaminio 9, 00196, Roma, Italy; Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale - OGS, Trieste, Italy.
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Timms K, Wood L. Sub-lethal glyphosate disrupts photosynthetic efficiency and leaf morphology in fruit-producing plants, red raspberry (Rubus idaeus) and highbush cranberry (Viburnum edule). Glob Ecol Conserv 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.gecco.2020.e01319] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022] Open
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Jarrell ZR, Ahammad MU, Benson AP. Glyphosate-based herbicide formulations and reproductive toxicity in animals. Vet Anim Sci 2020; 10:100126. [PMID: 32734026 PMCID: PMC7386766 DOI: 10.1016/j.vas.2020.100126] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2019] [Revised: 06/17/2020] [Accepted: 06/18/2020] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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The adoption of genetically engineered (GE) crops in agriculture has increased dramatically over the last few decades. Among the transgenic plants, those tolerant to the herbicide glyphosate are among the most common. Weed resistance to glyphosate-based herbicides (GBHs) has been on the rise, leading to increased herbicide applications. This, in turn, has led to increased glyphosate residues in feed. Although glyphosate has been considered to be generally safe to animal health, recent studies have shown that GBHs have potential to cause adverse effects in animal reproduction, including disruption of key regulatory enzymes in androgen synthesis, alteration of serum levels of estrogen and testosterone, damage to reproductive tissues and impairment of gametogenesis. This review emphasizes known effects of GBHs on reproductive health as well as the potential risk GBH residues pose to animal agriculture.
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- Department of Poultry Science, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, United States
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- Department of Poultry Science, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, United States
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Soares C, Pereira R, Martins M, Tamagnini P, Serôdio J, Moutinho-Pereira J, Cunha A, Fidalgo F. Glyphosate-dependent effects on photosynthesis of Solanum lycopersicum L.-An ecophysiological, ultrastructural and molecular approach. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2020; 398:122871. [PMID: 32450466 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2020.122871] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2019] [Revised: 04/24/2020] [Accepted: 05/04/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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This study aimed to assess the toxicity of glyphosate (GLY; 0, 10, 20 and 30 mg kg-1) in Solanum lycopersicum L., particularly focusing on the photosynthetic metabolism. By combining ecophysiological, ultrastructural, biochemical and molecular tools, the results revealed that the exposure of tomato plants to GLY led to alterations in leaf water balance regulation [increasing stomatal conductance (gs) and decreasing water use efficiency (WUEi) at higher concentrations] and induced slight alterations in the structural integrity of cells, mainly in chloroplasts, accompanied by a loss of cell viability. Moreover, the transcriptional and biochemical control of several photosynthetic-related parameters was reduced upon GLY exposure. However, in vivo chlorophyll fluorometry and IRGA gas-exchange studies revealed that the photosynthetic yield of S. lycopersicum was not repressed by GLY. Overall, GLY impacts cellular and subcellular homeostasis (by affecting chloroplast structure, reducing photosynthetic pigments and inhibiting photosynthetic-related genes transcription), and leaf structure, but is not reducing the carbon flow on a leaf area basis. Altogether, these results suggest a trade-off effect in which GLY-induced toxicity is compensated by a higher photosynthetic activity related to GLY-induced dysfunction in gs and an increase in mesophyll thickness/density, allowing the viable leaf cells to maintain their photosynthetic capacity.
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- Cristiano Soares
- GreenUPorto - Sustainable Agrifood Production Research Centre, Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences of University of Porto, Rua do Campo Alegre s/n, 4169-007 Porto, Portugal.
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- GreenUPorto - Sustainable Agrifood Production Research Centre, Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences of University of Porto, Rua do Campo Alegre s/n, 4169-007 Porto, Portugal
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- GreenUPorto - Sustainable Agrifood Production Research Centre, Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences of University of Porto, Rua do Campo Alegre s/n, 4169-007 Porto, Portugal
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- Bioengineering and Synthetic Microbiology Group, i3S - Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal; IBMC - Instituto de Biologia Celular e Molecular, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal; Biology Department, Faculty of Sciences of University of Porto, Rua do Campo Alegre s/n, 4169-007 Porto, Portugal
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- Biology Department and CESAM - Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies, University of Aveiro, Campus de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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- CITAB - Centre for the Research and Technology of Agro-Environmental and Biological Sciences, Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, 5000-801 Vila Real, Portugal
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- Biology Department & CITAB - Centre for the Research and Technology of Agro-Environmental and Biological Sciences, School of Sciences, University of Minho, Campus de Gualtar, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal; CEB - Centre of Biological Engineering, University of Minho, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal
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- GreenUPorto - Sustainable Agrifood Production Research Centre, Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences of University of Porto, Rua do Campo Alegre s/n, 4169-007 Porto, Portugal
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Singh S, Kumar V, Gill JPK, Datta S, Singh S, Dhaka V, Kapoor D, Wani AB, Dhanjal DS, Kumar M, Harikumar SL, Singh J. Herbicide Glyphosate: Toxicity and Microbial Degradation. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2020; 17:E7519. [PMID: 33076575 PMCID: PMC7602795 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph17207519] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2020] [Revised: 10/12/2020] [Accepted: 10/13/2020] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Glyphosate is a non-specific organophosphate pesticide, which finds widespread application in shielding crops against the weeds. Its high solubility in hydrophilic solvents, especially water and high mobility allows the rapid leaching of the glyphosate into the soil leading to contamination of groundwater and accumulation into the plant tissues, therefore intricating the elimination of the herbicides. Despite the widespread application, only a few percentages of the total applied glyphosate serve the actual purpose, dispensing the rest in the environment, thus resulting in reduced crop yields, low quality agricultural products, deteriorating soil fertility, contributing to water pollution, and consequently threatening human and animal life. This review gives an insight into the toxicological effects of the herbicide glyphosate and current approaches to track and identify trace amounts of this agrochemical along with its biodegradability and possible remediating strategies. Efforts have also been made to summarize the biodegradation mechanisms and catabolic enzymes involved in glyphosate metabolism.
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- Simranjeet Singh
- Department of Biotechnology, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara 144411, India; (S.S.); (V.D.); (D.S.D.)
- Punjab Biotechnology Incubator (PBTI), Phase-V, S.A.S. Nagar, Punjab 160059, India
- Regional Advance Water Testing Laboratory, Department of Water Supply and Sanitation, Phase-II, S.A.S. Nagar 160054, India;
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- Regional Ayurveda Research Institute for Drug Development, Gwalior 474009, India;
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- Department of Zoology, Doaba College Jalandhar, Jalandhar 144001, India;
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- Regional Advance Water Testing Laboratory, Department of Water Supply and Sanitation, Phase-II, S.A.S. Nagar 160054, India;
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- Department of Biotechnology, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara 144411, India; (S.S.); (V.D.); (D.S.D.)
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- Department of Botany, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara 144411, India;
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- Department of Chemistry, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara 144411, India;
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- Department of Biotechnology, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara 144411, India; (S.S.); (V.D.); (D.S.D.)
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- Department of Life Sciences, Central University Jharkhand, Brambe, Ranchi 835205, India; (M.K.); (S.L.H.)
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- Department of Life Sciences, Central University Jharkhand, Brambe, Ranchi 835205, India; (M.K.); (S.L.H.)
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- Department of Biotechnology, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara 144411, India; (S.S.); (V.D.); (D.S.D.)
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Woźniak E, Reszka E, Jabłońska E, Mokra K, Balcerczyk A, Huras B, Zakrzewski J, Bukowska B. The selected epigenetic effects of aminomethylphosphonic acid, a primary metabolite of glyphosate on human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (in vitro). Toxicol In Vitro 2020; 66:104878. [PMID: 32360641 DOI: 10.1016/j.tiv.2020.104878] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2020] [Revised: 04/18/2020] [Accepted: 04/26/2020] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Aminomethylphosphonic acid (AMPA) is a primary metabolite of glyphosate and amino-polyphosphonate. We have determined the effect of AMPA on selected epigenetic parameters and major cell cycle drivers in human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs). The cells were incubated with AMPA at 0.5, 10 and 250 μM for 24 h. The performed analysis included: global DNA methylation by colorimetric measurement of 5-methylcytosine in DNA, methylation in the promoter regions of selected tumor suppressor genes (P16, P21, TP53) and proto-oncogenes (BCL2, CCND1) as well as the expression profile of the indicated genes by Real-Time PCR assays. The obtained results have revealed significant reduction of global DNA methylation level in PBMCs exposed to AMPA. Investigated xenobiotic changed methylation pattern of the P21 and TP53 suppressor gene promoters, but in case of other analyzed genes: P16, BCL2 and CCND1 no statistically significant changes have been noted. Gene profiling have shown that AMPA only changed the expression of CCND1. Summing up, our results have revealed a small potential disturbance in methylation processes and the absence of changes in expression of tested tumor suppressor genes (P16, P21, TP53) and protooncogenes (BCL2) in human PBMCs exposed to AMPA.
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- Ewelina Woźniak
- University of Lodz, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, Department of Biophysics of Environmental Pollution, Pomorska Str. 141/143, 90-236 Lodz, Poland; Medical University of Lodz, Department of Internal Diseases and Clinical Pharmacology, Laboratory of Tissue Immunopharmacology, Kniaziewicza Str. 1/5, 91-347 Lodz, Poland
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- Nofer Institute of Occupational Medicine, Department of Molecular Genetics and Epigenetics, Teresy Str. 8, 91-348 Lodz, Poland
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- Nofer Institute of Occupational Medicine, Department of Molecular Genetics and Epigenetics, Teresy Str. 8, 91-348 Lodz, Poland
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- University of Lodz, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, Department of Biophysics of Environmental Pollution, Pomorska Str. 141/143, 90-236 Lodz, Poland
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- University of Lodz, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, Department of Molecular Biophysics, Pomorska Str. 141/143, 90-236 Lodz, Poland
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- Łukasiewicz Research Network, Institute of Industrial Organic Chemistry, Annopol 6 Str, 03-236 Warsaw, Poland
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- Łukasiewicz Research Network, Institute of Industrial Organic Chemistry, Annopol 6 Str, 03-236 Warsaw, Poland
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- University of Lodz, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, Department of Biophysics of Environmental Pollution, Pomorska Str. 141/143, 90-236 Lodz, Poland.
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Ecotoxicological Assessment of a Glyphosate-Based Herbicide in Cover Plants: Medicago sativa L. as a Model Species. APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL 2020. [DOI: 10.3390/app10155098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Despite the several innovations that have been incorporated in agriculture, the use of herbicides, especially glyphosate (GLY), is still the major tool for weed control. Although this herbicide has a notable worldwide representation, concerns about its environmental safety were recently raised, with a lot of divergence between studies on its non-target toxicity. Therefore, it is of utmost importance to understand the risks of this herbicide to non-target plants, including cover crop species, which have a crucial role in maintaining agroecosystems functions and in preventing soil erosion. Thus, this work aims to evaluate the growth and physiological responses of a cover plant species (Medicago sativa L.) exposed to increasing concentrations of a GLY-based herbicide (GBH), particularly focusing on the oxidative metabolism. The growth of roots and shoots was affected, being this effect accompanied by a rise of lipid peroxidation, suggesting the occurrence of oxidative stress, and by an activation of the antioxidant (AOX) system. Indeed, the results showed that adverse effects are visible at active ingredient concentrations of 8.0 mg kg−1, with the lowest EC50 being 12 mg kg−1, showing that GBH-contaminated soils may pose a risk to the survival of non-target plants in the most contaminated areas. Overall, these findings proved that GBH greatly impairs the growth of a non-target plant, strengthening the need of additional studies to unravel the real risks associated with the over usage of this pesticide, since there is an evident lack of studies performed with contaminated soils.
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Finley JW, Duke SO. Agnes Rimando, a Pioneer in the Fate of Glyphosate and Its Primary Metabolite in Plants. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2020; 68:5623-5630. [PMID: 32330026 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.0c00811] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Glyphosate is the most used herbicide on the planet because of its excellent efficacy on almost all weed species and due to the large-scale adoption of transgenic, glyphosate-resistant (GR) crops. Agnes Rimando became an expert in glyphosate analysis almost 20 years ago to support research on GR crop safety and on mechanisms of evolved glyphosate resistance by weeds. Her work was the first to show that the amount of glyphosate and its primary metabolite aminomethylphosphonic acid (AMPA) that accumulates in GR soybean seed from plants treated with approved glyphosate doses can approach their legal limits. However, she later found that only trace amounts of these compounds accumulate in the seed of GR maize treated with recommended glyphosate doses. She showed that GR canola, the only transgenic crop with a transgene encoding an enzyme for degradation of glyphosate, metabolizes glyphosate to AMPA very rapidly. Her work was instrumental in providing support for the view that "yellow flash" symptoms sometimes observed in field-grown GR soybeans are due to accumulation of enough AMPA to cause mild phytotoxicity. She did the chemical analyses in the only paper to survey the capacity of an array of plant species to metabolize glyphosate to AMPA. She found a wide range in this capacity, with grasses with little or no metabolism of glyphosate to AMPA and with legumes readily metabolizing glyphosate. Lastly, she found no evidence of enhanced degradation of glyphosate to be a mechanism of evolved resistance to glyphosate by two weed species but that it might be involved in natural tolerance to glyphosate of some weeds.
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- Department of Nutrition and Food Sciences Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, United States
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- National Center for Natural Products Research School of Pharmacy University of Mississippi University, Mississippi 38677-8048, United States
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Glyphosate: Its Environmental Persistence and Impact on Crop Health and Nutrition. PLANTS 2019; 8:plants8110499. [PMID: 31766148 PMCID: PMC6918143 DOI: 10.3390/plants8110499] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2019] [Revised: 11/05/2019] [Accepted: 11/07/2019] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Glyphosate-based herbicide products are the most widely used broad-spectrum herbicides in the world for postemergent weed control. There are ever-increasing concerns that glyphosate, if not used judiciously, may cause adverse nontarget impacts in agroecosystems. The purpose of this brief review is to present and discuss the state of knowledge with respect to its persistence in the environment, possible effects on crop health, and impacts on crop nutrition.
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Vicini JL, Reeves WR, Swarthout JT, Karberg KA. Glyphosate in livestock: feed residues and animal health1. J Anim Sci 2019; 97:4509-4518. [PMID: 31495885 PMCID: PMC6827263 DOI: 10.1093/jas/skz295] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2019] [Accepted: 09/06/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Glyphosate is a nonselective systemic herbicide used in agriculture since 1974. It inhibits 5-enolpyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate (EPSP) synthase, an enzyme in the shikimate pathway present in cells of plants and some microorganisms but not human or other animal cells. Glyphosate-tolerant crops have been commercialized for more than 20 yr using a transgene from a resistant bacterial EPSP synthase that renders the crops insensitive to glyphosate. Much of the forage or grain from these crops are consumed by farm animals. Glyphosate protects crop yields, lowers the cost of feed production, and reduces CO2 emissions attributable to agriculture by reducing tillage and fuel usage. Despite these benefits and even though global regulatory agencies continue to reaffirm its safety, the public hears conflicting information about glyphosate's safety. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency determines for every agricultural chemical a maximum daily allowable human exposure (called the reference dose, RfD). The RfD is based on amounts that are 1/100th (for sensitive populations) to 1/1,000th (for children) the no observed adverse effects level (NOAEL) identified through a comprehensive battery of animal toxicology studies. Recent surveys for residues have indicated that amounts of glyphosate in food/feed are at or below established tolerances and actual intakes for humans or livestock are much lower than these conservative exposure limits. While the EPSP synthase of some bacteria is sensitive to glyphosate, in vivo or in vitro dynamic culture systems with mixed bacteria and media that resembles rumen digesta have not demonstrated an impact on microbial function from adding glyphosate. Moreover, one chemical characteristic of glyphosate cited as a reason for concern is that it is a tridentate chelating ligand for divalent and trivalent metals; however, other more potent chelators are ubiquitous in livestock diets, such as certain amino acids. Regulatory testing identifies potential hazards, but risks of these hazards need to be evaluated in the context of realistic exposures and conditions. Conclusions about safety should be based on empirical results within the limitations of model systems or experimental design. This review summarizes how pesticide residues, particularly glyphosate, in food and feed are quantified, and how their safety is determined by regulatory agencies to establish safe use levels.
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Experimental evidence for the decline of submerged vegetation in freshwater ecosystems by the invasive Chinese mitten crab (Eriocheir sinensis). Biol Invasions 2019. [DOI: 10.1007/s10530-019-02118-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Spormann S, Soares C, Fidalgo F. Salicylic acid alleviates glyphosate-induced oxidative stress in Hordeum vulgare L. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2019; 241:226-234. [PMID: 31005000 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2019.04.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2018] [Revised: 03/20/2019] [Accepted: 04/10/2019] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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Glyphosate (GLY) is considered the most used herbicide in the world and has been associated with several environmental contamination risks. Despite being partially degraded by soil microorganisms, its residues can negatively affect the growth of valuable non-target plants. Thus, there is a need to find new strategies that minimize its impacts and enhance crop tolerance to GLY, allowing a more advantageous and safer, use of this herbicide. Salicylic acid (SA) is a hormone-like substance, able to enhance the efficiency of the antioxidant (AOX) system in plants and their tolerance to oxidative stress. This study aimed to unveil the effects of SA (100 μM) on the oxidative status of Hordeum vulgare L. in response to GLY (30 mg kg-1). After 14 days of growth, the presence of GLY led to a significant inhibition of growth, an accumulation of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) and superoxide anion (O2-), an increase in lipid peroxidation (LP), proline and non-protein thiols, a decrease of the content of reduced ascorbate (AsA) and an upregulation of AOX enzymes. The exogenous application of SA mitigated the effects of GLY on growth, amount of H2O2 and degree of PL. It has also contributed to the reduction of AsA content, production of non-protein thiols and increased AOX enzymatic activity, particularly superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT), ascorbate peroxidase (APX) and gluthatione S-transferase (GST). These results show a positive role of SA against GLY induced oxidative stress, by modulating the AOX capacity of barley plants. However, the observed phytotoxicity of GLY was so pronounced, that the ameliorating effect of SA on AOX defenses was not enough to significantly overcome the herbicide-induced oxidative damage.
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- Sofia Spormann
- GreenUPorto - Centro de Investigação Em Produção Agroalimentar Sustentável, BiologyDepartment, FacultyofSciences, University of Porto, Rua Campo Alegre S/n, 4169-007, Porto, Portugal; Plant Stress Lab, Biology Department, Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto, Rua Campo Alegre S/n, 4169-007, Porto, Portugal
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- GreenUPorto - Centro de Investigação Em Produção Agroalimentar Sustentável, BiologyDepartment, FacultyofSciences, University of Porto, Rua Campo Alegre S/n, 4169-007, Porto, Portugal; Plant Stress Lab, Biology Department, Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto, Rua Campo Alegre S/n, 4169-007, Porto, Portugal.
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- GreenUPorto - Centro de Investigação Em Produção Agroalimentar Sustentável, BiologyDepartment, FacultyofSciences, University of Porto, Rua Campo Alegre S/n, 4169-007, Porto, Portugal; Plant Stress Lab, Biology Department, Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto, Rua Campo Alegre S/n, 4169-007, Porto, Portugal
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Smedbol É, Lucotte M, Maccario S, Gomes MP, Paquet S, Moingt M, Mercier LLC, Sobarzo MRP, Blouin MA. Glyphosate and Aminomethylphosphonic Acid Content in Glyphosate-Resistant Soybean Leaves, Stems, and Roots and Associated Phytotoxicity Following a Single Glyphosate-Based Herbicide Application. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2019; 67:6133-6142. [PMID: 31067046 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.9b00949] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Glyphosate-based herbicide (GBH) applications were reported to induce physiological damages to glyphosate-resistant (GR) soybean, which were mainly attributed to aminomethylphosphonic acid (AMPA). In order to study glyphosate and AMPA dynamics in plants and associated phytotoxic effects, a greenhouse experiment was set where GR soybeans were exposed to GBH (0.7 to 4.5 kg glyphosate ha-1) and sampled over time (2, 7, 14, and 28 days after treatment (DAT)). Hydrogen peroxide content increased 2 DAT, while a decrease was observed for the effective quantum yield (2, 7, 14 DAT), stomatal conductance (2 DAT), and biomass (14 DAT). Glyphosate content was higher in leaves, followed by stems, and then roots. AMPA content tended to increase with time, especially in roots, and the amount of AMPA in roots was negatively correlated to mostly all phytotoxicity indicators. This finding is important since AMPA residues are measured in agricultural soils several months after GBH applications, which could impact productivity in GR crops.
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- Élise Smedbol
- Université du Québec à Montréal , GEOTOP & Institut des Sciences de l'Environnement , 201 Avenue du Président-Kennedy , H2X 3Y7 Montréal , Québec , Canada
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- Université du Québec à Montréal , GEOTOP & Institut des Sciences de l'Environnement , 201 Avenue du Président-Kennedy , H2X 3Y7 Montréal , Québec , Canada
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- Université du Québec à Montréal , GEOTOP & Institut des Sciences de l'Environnement , 201 Avenue du Président-Kennedy , H2X 3Y7 Montréal , Québec , Canada
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- Universidade Federal do Paraná , Departamento de Botânica, Setor de Ciências Biológicas , 80050-540 Curitiba , Paraná , Brazil
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- Université du Québec à Montréal , Département des Sciences Biologiques , 141 Avenue du Président-Kennedy , H2X 1Y4 Montréal , Québec , Canada
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- Université du Québec à Montréal , GEOTOP & Institut des Sciences de l'Environnement , 201 Avenue du Président-Kennedy , H2X 3Y7 Montréal , Québec , Canada
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- Université du Québec à Montréal , Département des Sciences Biologiques , 141 Avenue du Président-Kennedy , H2X 1Y4 Montréal , Québec , Canada
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- Université du Québec à Montréal , Département de Chimie , 2101 rue Jeanne-Mance , H2X 2J6 Montréal , Québec , Canada
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- Université du Québec à Montréal , Département de Chimie , 2101 rue Jeanne-Mance , H2X 2J6 Montréal , Québec , Canada
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Zhang W, Feng Y, Ma L, An J, Zhang H, Cao M, Zhu H, Kang W, Lian K. A method for determining glyphosate and its metabolite aminomethyl phosphonic acid by gas chromatography-flame photometric detection. J Chromatogr A 2019; 1589:116-121. [PMID: 30587348 DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2018.12.039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2018] [Accepted: 12/19/2018] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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As a globally popular herbicide, glyphosate (GLY) and its metabolite aminomethylphosphonic acid (AMPA) pose potential hazards to the ecological environment. In this study, a sensitive and reliable method for detecting GLY and AMPA was utilized to facilitate exposure risk assessment of the analytes in environmental systems such as water and soil. GLY and AMPA were extracted from the sample using a solid-phase extraction (SPE) procedure, derivatized by heptafluorobutyric anhydride and heptafluorobutanol, and detected by gas chromatography-flame photometric detection (GC-FPD). The linearities of GLY and AMPA in the range of 10-1000 ng/mL were good (r=0.9998, r=0.9991), and the limits of quantitation (LOQ) for GLY and AMPA were 0.37 and 0.81 ng/mL, respectively. The method has been successfully applied for detecting GLY and AMPA in water, soil and monitoring the degradation of GLY under different environmental conditions. Simulated migration characteristics of GLY and AMPA in soil were investigated for evaluating the potential hazards of GLY and AMPA to the ecological environment.
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- Weidong Zhang
- Department of Sanitary Inspection, School of Public Health, Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, 050017, China
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- Department of Sanitary Inspection, School of Public Health, Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, 050017, China
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- Department of Sanitary Inspection, School of Public Health, Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, 050017, China
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- Department of Sanitary Inspection, School of Public Health, Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, 050017, China
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- Department of Sanitary Inspection, School of Public Health, Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, 050017, China
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- Department of Sanitary Inspection, School of Public Health, Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, 050017, China
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- Department of Sanitary Inspection, School of Public Health, Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, 050017, China
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- Department of Sanitary Inspection, School of Public Health, Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, 050017, China.
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- Department of Sanitary Inspection, School of Public Health, Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, 050017, China; Hebei Key Laboratory of Environment and Human Health, Shijiazhuang 050017, China.
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Barker AL, Dayan FE. Fate of Glyphosate during Production and Processing of Glyphosate-Resistant Sugar Beet ( Beta vulgaris). JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2019; 67:2061-2065. [PMID: 30694061 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.8b05672] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Glyphosate is a widely used herbicide in commercial crop production for both conventional and herbicide-resistant crops. Herbicide-resistant crops, like glyphosate-resistant sugar beet, are often exposed to multiple applications of glyphosate during the growing season. The fate of this herbicide in resistant crops has not been publicly documented. We investigated the fate of glyphosate and main metabolite aminomethylphosphonic acid in glyphosate-resistant sugar beet grown in northern Colorado. Glyphosate residues were measured via directed ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry analysis of sugar beet shoots and roots throughout the growing season, from samples collected at various steps during sugar beet processing, and from flow-through samples of greenhouse-grown beets. Sugar beet rapidly absorbed glyphosate after foliar application, and subsequently translocated the herbicide to its roots, with between 2 and 3 μg/g fresh weight measured in both tissue types within 1 week of application. However, only trace amounts of glyphosate remained in either the shoots or the roots 2 weeks after application. Analysis of irrigation flow-through in pot assays confirmed that the herbicide readily exuded out of the roots. Processing of the beets removed glyphosate and herbicide levels were below the limit of detection in the crystalline sugar final product.
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- Abigail L Barker
- Department of Bioagricultural Sciences and Pest Management , Colorado State University , 1177 Campus Delivery , Fort Collins , Colorado 80523 , United States
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- Department of Bioagricultural Sciences and Pest Management , Colorado State University , 1177 Campus Delivery , Fort Collins , Colorado 80523 , United States
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Duke SO. The history and current status of glyphosate. PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE 2018; 74:1027-1034. [PMID: 28643882 DOI: 10.1002/ps.4652] [Citation(s) in RCA: 218] [Impact Index Per Article: 36.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2016] [Revised: 06/09/2017] [Accepted: 06/19/2017] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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Glyphosate is the only herbicide to target the enzyme 5-enolpyruvyl-3-shikimate phosphate synthase (EPSPS). It is a high use rate, non-selective herbicide that translocates primarily to metabolic sinks, killing meristematic tissues away from the application site. Its phloem-mobile properties and slow action in killing weeds allow the herbicide to move throughout the plant to kill all meristems, making it effective for perennial weed control. Since commercialization in 1974, its use has grown to dominate the herbicide market. Much of its use is on transgenic, glyphosate-resistant crops (GRCs), which have been the dominant transgenic crops worldwide. GRCs with glyphosate provided the most effective and inexpensive weed management technology in history for a decade or more. However, as a consequence of the rapid increase in glyphosate-resistant (GR) weeds, the effectiveness of glyphosate use in GRCs is declining. Critics have claimed that glyphosate-treated GRCs have altered mineral nutrition and increased susceptibility to plant pathogens because of glyphosate's ability to chelate divalent metal cations, but the complete resistance of GRCs to glyphosate indicates that chelating metal cations do not contribute to the herbicidal activity or significantly affect mineral nutrition. The rates of increases in yields of maize, soybean, and cotton in the USA have been unchanged after high adoption rates of GRCs. Glyphosate is toxic to some plant pathogens, and thereby can act as a fungicide in GRCs. Ultra-low doses of glyphosate stimulate plant growth in glyphosate-susceptible plants by unknown mechanisms. Despite rapid and widespread increases in GR weeds, glyphosate use has not decreased. However, as GR weeds increase, adoption of alternative technologies will eventually lead to decreased use. Published 2017. This article is a U.S. Government work and is in the public domain in the USA.
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- Stephen O Duke
- United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Natural Products Utilization Research Unit, Thad Cochran Research Center, University, MS, USA
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Nascentes RF, Carbonari CA, Simões PS, Brunelli MC, Velini ED, Duke SO. Low doses of glyphosate enhance growth, CO 2 assimilation, stomatal conductance and transpiration in sugarcane and eucalyptus. PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE 2018; 74:1197-1205. [PMID: 28485107 DOI: 10.1002/ps.4606] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2017] [Revised: 04/21/2017] [Accepted: 05/03/2017] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Sublethal doses of herbicides can enhance plant growth and stimulate other process, an effect known as hormesis. The magnitude of hormesis is dependent on the plant species, the herbicide and its dose, plant development stage and environmental parameters. Glyphosate hormesis is well established, but relatively little is known of the mechanism of this phenomenon. The objective of this study was to determine if low doses of glyphosate that cause growth stimulation in sugarcane and eucalyptus concomitantly stimulate CO2 assimilation. RESULTS Shoot dry weight in both species increased at both 40 and 60 days after application of 6.2 to 20.2 g a.e. ha-1 glyphosate. The level of enhanced shoot dry weight was 11 to 37%, depending on the time after treatment and the species. Concomitantly, CO2 assimilation, stomatal conductance and transpiration were increased by glyphosate doses similar to those that caused growth increases. CONCLUSION Glyphosate applied at low doses increased the dry weight of sugarcane and eucalyptus plants in all experiments. This hormetic effect was related to low dose effects on CO2 assimilation rate, stomatal conductance and transpiration rate, indicating that low glyphosate doses enhance photosynthesis of plants. © 2017 Society of Chemical Industry.
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- Renan F Nascentes
- São Paulo State University (UNESP), Faculty of Agronomic Sciences, Laboratory of Weed Science, Botucatu, Brazil
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- São Paulo State University (UNESP), Faculty of Agronomic Sciences, Laboratory of Weed Science, Botucatu, Brazil
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- São Paulo State University (UNESP), Faculty of Agronomic Sciences, Laboratory of Weed Science, Botucatu, Brazil
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- São Paulo State University (UNESP), Faculty of Agronomic Sciences, Laboratory of Weed Science, Botucatu, Brazil
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- São Paulo State University (UNESP), Faculty of Agronomic Sciences, Laboratory of Weed Science, Botucatu, Brazil
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- USDA-ARS Natural Products Utilization Research Unit, University, MS, USA
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Mertens M, Höss S, Neumann G, Afzal J, Reichenbecher W. Glyphosate, a chelating agent-relevant for ecological risk assessment? ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2018; 25:5298-5317. [PMID: 29294235 PMCID: PMC5823954 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-017-1080-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2017] [Accepted: 12/18/2017] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Glyphosate-based herbicides (GBHs), consisting of glyphosate and formulants, are the most frequently applied herbicides worldwide. The declared active ingredient glyphosate does not only inhibit the EPSPS but is also a chelating agent that binds macro- and micronutrients, essential for many plant processes and pathogen resistance. GBH treatment may thus impede uptake and availability of macro- and micronutrients in plants. The present study investigated whether this characteristic of glyphosate could contribute to adverse effects of GBH application in the environment and to human health. According to the results, it has not been fully elucidated whether the chelating activity of glyphosate contributes to the toxic effects on plants and potentially on plant-microorganism interactions, e.g., nitrogen fixation of leguminous plants. It is also still open whether the chelating property of glyphosate is involved in the toxic effects on organisms other than plants, described in many papers. By changing the availability of essential as well as toxic metals that are bound to soil particles, the herbicide might also impact soil life, although the occurrence of natural chelators with considerably higher chelating potentials makes an additional impact of glyphosate for most metals less likely. Further research should elucidate the role of glyphosate (and GBH) as a chelator, in particular, as this is a non-specific property potentially affecting many organisms and processes. In the process of reevaluation of glyphosate its chelating activity has hardly been discussed.
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- Martha Mertens
- Institute for Biodiversity Network e.V. (ibn), Nußbergerstr. 6a, 93059, Regensburg, Germany.
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- Institute for Biodiversity Network e.V. (ibn), Nußbergerstr. 6a, 93059, Regensburg, Germany
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- Institute of Crop Science (340h), University of Hohenheim, 70599, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Institute of Crop Science (340h), University of Hohenheim, 70599, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN), Konstantinstr. 110, 53179, Bonn, Germany
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Martinez DA, Loening UE, Graham MC. Impacts of glyphosate-based herbicides on disease resistance and health of crops: a review. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES EUROPE 2018; 30:2. [PMID: 29387519 PMCID: PMC5770481 DOI: 10.1186/s12302-018-0131-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2017] [Accepted: 01/06/2018] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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Based on experimental data from laboratory and field, numerous authors have raised concern that exposure to glyphosate-based herbicides (GBHs) may pre-dispose crops to damage by microbial pathogens. In this review, we distinguish and evaluate two principal pathways by which GBHs may affect the susceptibility of crops to disease: pathway 1-via disruptions to rhizosphere microbial ecology, and pathway 2-via restriction of nutrients to crops. We conclude that GBHs have the potential to undermine crop health in a number of ways, including: (i) impairment of the innate physiological defences of glyphosate-sensitive (GS) cultivars by interruption of the shikimic acid pathway; (ii) impairment of physiological disease defences has also been shown to occur in some glyphosate-resistant (GR) cultivars, despite their engineered resistance to glyphosate's primary mode of action; (iii) interference with rhizosphere microbial ecology (in particular, GBHs have the potential to enhance the population and/or virulence of some phytopathogenic microbial species in the crop rhizosphere); and finally, (iv) the as yet incompletely elucidated reduction in the uptake and utilisation of nutrient metals by crops. Future progress will best be achieved when growers, regulators and industry collaborate to develop products, practices and policies that minimise the use of herbicides as far as possible and maximise their effectiveness when used, while facilitating optimised food production and security.
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- Daisy A. Martinez
- Formerly School of Geosciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland UK
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- Ormiston Hall, Formerly Centre for Human Ecology and Department of Zoology, University of Edinburgh, EH35 5NJ Edinburgh, Scotland UK
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- School of GeoSciences, Crew Building, The King’s Buildings, University of Edinburgh, Alexander Crum Brown Road, EH9 3JF Edinburgh, Scotland UK
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Doğramaci M, Anderson JV, Chao WS, Horvath DP, Hernandez AG, Mikel MA, Foley ME. Foliar Glyphosate Treatment Alters Transcript and Hormone Profiles in Crown Buds of Leafy Spurge and Induces Dwarfed and Bushy Phenotypes throughout its Perennial Lifecycle. THE PLANT GENOME 2017; 10. [PMID: 29293817 DOI: 10.3835/plantgenome2016.09.0098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2016] [Accepted: 04/25/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Leafy spurge ( L.) is an invasive weed of North America and its perennial nature attributed to underground adventitious buds (UABs) that undergo seasonal cycles of para-, endo-, and ecodormancy. Recommended rates of glyphosate (∼1 kg ha) destroy aboveground shoots but plants still regenerate vegetatively; therefore, it is considered glyphosate-tolerant. However, foliar application of glyphosate at higher rates (2.2-6.7 kg ha) causes sublethal effects that induce UABs to produce stunted, bushy phenotypes. We investigated the effects of glyphosate treatment (±2.24 kg ha) on vegetative growth, phytohormone, and transcript profiles in UABs under controlled environments during one simulated seasonal cycle. Because shoots derived from UABs of foliar glyphosate-treated plants produced stunted, bushy phenotypes, we could not directly determine if these UABs transitioned through seasonally induced endo- and ecodormancy. However, transcript abundance for leafy spurge dormancy marker genes and principal component analyses suggested that UABs of foliar glyphosate-treated plants transitioned through endo- and ecodormancy. Glyphosate treatment increased shikimate abundance in UABs 7 d after treatment; however, the abundance of shikimate gradually decreased as UABs transitioned through endo- and ecodormancy. The dissipation of shikimate over time suggests that glyphosate's target site was no longer affected, but these changes did not reverse the altered phenotypes observed from UABs of foliar glyphosate-treated leafy spurge. Transcript profiles further indicated that foliar glyphosate treatment significantly affected phytohormone biosynthesis and signaling, particularly auxin transport; gibberellic acid, abscisic acid and jasmonic acid biosynthesis; ethylene responses; and detoxification and cell cycle processes in UABs. These results correlated well with the available phytohormone profiles and altered phenotypes.
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Smedbol É, Lucotte M, Labrecque M, Lepage L, Juneau P. Phytoplankton growth and PSII efficiency sensitivity to a glyphosate-based herbicide (Factor 540 ®). AQUATIC TOXICOLOGY (AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS) 2017; 192:265-273. [PMID: 28992597 DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2017.09.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2017] [Revised: 09/21/2017] [Accepted: 09/22/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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The use of glyphosate-based herbicides in agriculture has increased steadily since the mid 90's and there is now evidence of glyphosate leaching and contamination of aquatic ecosystems. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of a glyphosate-based herbicide (Factor 540®) on growth and photosynthetic capacity of algae and cyanobacteria. Six algal and three cyanobacterial species/strains, of three different taxonomic groups, were exposed to five glyphosate concentrations (10, 50, 100, 500 and 1000μgl-1) during 48h. All species have significant growth inhibition at concentrations varying between 50 and 500μgl-1. The photosynthetic response, after glyphosate exposure, varied among species, but a general pattern has emerged. There was an increase in the amount of photons absorbed (ABS/RC), in dissipated (DIO/RC) and trapped (TRO/RC) energy in the photosystem II reaction centers, along with a decreased of the maximum photosystem II quantum yield (FV/FM) and electron transport per reaction center (ETO/RC). The EC50 and LOEC values for growth and photosynthesis were calculated and established that growth was the most affected parameter by glyphosate-based herbicide, while parameter TRO/RC was the least affected. All species showed reduced growth at glyphosate concentrations lower than the Canadian standard for the protection of aquatic life, set at 800μgl-1 or the American aquatic life benchmark for acute toxicity in non vascular plants of 12 100μgl-1 questioning the validity of these thresholds in assessing the risks related to the presence of glyphosate and glyphosate-based herbicides in aquatic systems.
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- Élise Smedbol
- Université du Québec à Montréal, Département des Sciences biologiques - GRIL-TOXEN, Succ. Centre-Ville, C.P. 8888, H3C 3P8, Montréal, Québec, Canada; Université du Québec à Montréal, Institut des Sciences de l'environnement, Succ. Centre-Ville, C.P. 8888, H3C 3P8, Montréal, Québec, Canada
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- Université du Québec à Montréal, Institut des Sciences de l'environnement, Succ. Centre-Ville, C.P. 8888, H3C 3P8, Montréal, Québec, Canada
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- Université de Montréal, Institut de recherche en biologie végétale, 4101, Rue Sherbrooke Est, H1X 2B2, Montréal, Québec, Canada
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- Université du Québec à Montréal, Institut des Sciences de l'environnement, Succ. Centre-Ville, C.P. 8888, H3C 3P8, Montréal, Québec, Canada
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- Université du Québec à Montréal, Département des Sciences biologiques - GRIL-TOXEN, Succ. Centre-Ville, C.P. 8888, H3C 3P8, Montréal, Québec, Canada.
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Nepomuceno M, Chinchilla N, Varela RM, Molinillo JM, Lacret R, Alves PL, Macias FA. Chemical evidence for the effect of Urochloa ruziziensis on glyphosate-resistant soybeans. PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE 2017; 73:2071-2078. [PMID: 28345304 DOI: 10.1002/ps.4578] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2017] [Accepted: 03/22/2017] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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BACKGROUND Soybean (Glycine max) is an important oleaginous legume that has been cultivated in new areas in Brazil, including pastures. Problems of reduced production yields have been reported by soybean growers when the crop is sown immediately after desiccation of pastures of Urochloa spp. using glyphosate. The objective of this work was to extract, isolate and identify the major chemicals from U. ruziziensis that have phytotoxic activity and to evaluate the possible relation between this effect and reduced soybean yield. RESULTS U. ruziziensis plants at the flowering stage were desiccated using glyphosate at 1.44 kg ha-1 . The plants were collected between five and ten days after treatment. Extracts of dried and ground shoots were obtained by sequential extraction with hexane, dichloromethane and methanol. The results of wheat coleoptile bioassays indicated that the methanol extract was more inhibitory than the dichloromethane extract regardless of glyphosate application. CONCLUSION Protodioscin, a steroidal saponin, was isolated from the extract as the major component and the activities of this compound were in good agreement with those found for the extract. The release of this compound into the soil is a plausible explanation for the decrease in production observed in transgenic soybean crop after desiccation of U. ruziziensis. © 2017 Society of Chemical Industry.
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- Mariluce Nepomuceno
- Department of Applied Biology to Agropecuary, São Paulo State University, Jaboticabal, Brazil
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Institute of Biomolecules (INBIO), University of Cádiz, Cádiz, Spain
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Institute of Biomolecules (INBIO), University of Cádiz, Cádiz, Spain
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Institute of Biomolecules (INBIO), University of Cádiz, Cádiz, Spain
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Institute of Biomolecules (INBIO), University of Cádiz, Cádiz, Spain
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- Department of Applied Biology to Agropecuary, São Paulo State University, Jaboticabal, Brazil
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Institute of Biomolecules (INBIO), University of Cádiz, Cádiz, Spain
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Shilo T, Rubin B, Plakhine D, Gal S, Amir R, Hacham Y, Wolf S, Eizenberg H. Secondary Effects of Glyphosate Action in Phelipanche aegyptiaca: Inhibition of Solute Transport from the Host Plant to the Parasite. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2017; 8:255. [PMID: 28289424 PMCID: PMC5326802 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2017.00255] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/25/2016] [Accepted: 02/10/2017] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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It is currently held that glyphosate efficiently controls the obligate holoparasite Phelipanche aegyptiaca (Egyptian broomrape) by inhibiting its endogenous shikimate pathway, thereby causing a deficiency in aromatic amino acids (AAA). While there is no argument regarding the shikimate pathway being the primary site of the herbicide's action, the fact that the parasite receives a constant supply of nutrients, including proteins and amino acids, from the host does not fit with an AAA deficiency. This apparent contradiction implies that glyphosate mechanism of action in P. aegyptiaca is probably more complex and does not end with the inhibition of the AAA biosynthetic pathway alone. A possible explanation would lie in a limitation of the translocation of solutes from the host as a secondary effect. We examined the following hypotheses: (a) glyphosate does not affects P. aegyptiaca during its independent phase and (b) glyphosate has a secondary effect on the ability of P. aegyptiaca to attract nutrients, limiting the translocation to the parasite. By using a glyphosate-resistant host plant expressing the "phloem-mobile" green fluorescent protein (GFP), it was shown that glyphosate interacts specifically with P. aegyptiaca, initiating a deceleration of GFP translocation to the parasite within 24 h of treatment. Additionally, changes in the entire sugars profile (together with that of other metabolites) of P. aegyptiaca were induced by glyphosate. In addition, glyphosate did not impair germination or seedling development of P. aegyptiaca but begun to exert its action only after the parasite has established a connection to the host vascular system and became exposed to the herbicide. Our findings thus indicate that glyphosate does indeed have a secondary effect in P. aegyptiaca, probably as a consequence of its primary target inhibition-via inhibition of the translocation of phloem-mobile solutes to the parasite, as was simulated by the mobile GFP. The observed disruption in the metabolism of major sugars that are abundant in P. aegyptiaca within 48 h after glyphosate treatment provides a possible explanation for this inhibition of translocation and might reflect a critical secondary effect of the herbicide's primary action that results in loss of the parasite's superior sink for solutes.
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- Tal Shilo
- Department of Plant Pathology and Weed Research, Agricultural Research Organization, Newe Ya‘ar Research CenterRamat Yishay, Israel
- The Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, The Robert H. Smith Institute of Plant Sciences and Genetics, The Hebrew University of JerusalemRehovot, Israel
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- The Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, The Robert H. Smith Institute of Plant Sciences and Genetics, The Hebrew University of JerusalemRehovot, Israel
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- Department of Plant Pathology and Weed Research, Agricultural Research Organization, Newe Ya‘ar Research CenterRamat Yishay, Israel
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- Department of Entomology, Agricultural Research Organization, Newe Ya‘ar Research CenterRamat Yishay, Israel
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- Migal Galilee Technology CenterKiryat Shmona, Israel
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- Migal Galilee Technology CenterKiryat Shmona, Israel
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- The Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, The Robert H. Smith Institute of Plant Sciences and Genetics, The Hebrew University of JerusalemRehovot, Israel
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- Department of Plant Pathology and Weed Research, Agricultural Research Organization, Newe Ya‘ar Research CenterRamat Yishay, Israel
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Bai SH, Ogbourne SM. Glyphosate: environmental contamination, toxicity and potential risks to human health via food contamination. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2016; 23:18988-9001. [PMID: 27541149 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-016-7425-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 181] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2015] [Accepted: 08/04/2016] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Glyphosate has been the most widely used herbicide during the past three decades. The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) classifies glyphosate as 'practically non-toxic and not an irritant' under the acute toxicity classification system. This classification is based primarily on toxicity data and due to its unique mode of action via a biochemical pathway that only exists in a small number of organisms that utilise the shikimic acid pathway to produce amino acids, most of which are green plants. This classification is supported by the majority of scientific literature on the toxic effects of glyphosate. However, in 2005, the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) reported that glyphosate and its major metabolite, aminomethylphosphonic acid (AMPA), are of potential toxicological concern, mainly as a result of accumulation of residues in the food chain. The FAO further states that the dietary risk of glyphosate and AMPA is unlikely if the maximum daily intake of 1 mg kg(-1) body weight (bw) is not exceeded. Research has now established that glyphosate can persist in the environment, and therefore, assessments of the health risks associated with glyphosate are more complicated than suggested by acute toxicity data that relate primarily to accidental high-rate exposure. We have used recent literature to assess the possible risks associated with the presence of glyphosate residues in food and the environment.
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- Shahla Hosseini Bai
- GeneCology Research Centre, Faculty of Science, Health, Education and Engineering, University of the Sunshine Coast, Maroochydore DC, QLD, 4558, Australia.
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- GeneCology Research Centre, Faculty of Science, Health, Education and Engineering, University of the Sunshine Coast, Maroochydore DC, QLD, 4558, Australia
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Gomes MP, Le Manac'h SG, Maccario S, Labrecque M, Lucotte M, Juneau P. Differential effects of glyphosate and aminomethylphosphonic acid (AMPA) on photosynthesis and chlorophyll metabolism in willow plants. PESTICIDE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY 2016; 130:65-70. [PMID: 27155486 DOI: 10.1016/j.pestbp.2015.11.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2015] [Revised: 11/26/2015] [Accepted: 11/27/2015] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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We used a willow species (Salix miyabeana cultivar SX64) to examine the differential secondary-effects of glyphosate and aminomethylphosphonic acid (AMPA), the principal glyphosate by-product, on chlorophyll metabolism and photosynthesis. Willow plants were treated with different concentrations of glyphosate (equivalent to 0, 1.4, 2.1 and 2.8kgha(-1)) and AMPA (equivalent to 0, 0.28, 1.4 and 2.8kgha(-1)) and evaluations of pigment contents, chlorophyll fluorescence, and oxidative stress markers (hydrogen peroxide content and antioxidant enzyme activities) in leaves were performed after 12h of exposure. We observed that AMPA and glyphosate trigger different mechanisms leading to decreases in chlorophyll content and photosynthesis rates in willow plants. Both chemicals induced ROS accumulation in willow leaves although only glyphosate-induced oxidative damage through lipid peroxidation. By disturbing chlorophyll biosynthesis, AMPA induced decreases in chlorophyll contents, with consequent effects on photosynthesis. With glyphosate, ROS increases were higher than the ROS-sensitive threshold, provoking chlorophyll degradation (as seen by pheophytin accumulation) and invariable decreases in photosynthesis. Peroxide accumulation in both AMPA and glyphosate-treated plants was due to the inhibition of antioxidant enzyme activities. The different effects of glyphosate on chlorophyll contents and photosynthesis as described in the literature may be due to various glyphosate:AMPA ratios in those plants.
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- Marcelo Pedrosa Gomes
- Université du Québec à Montréal, Department of Biological Sciences, TOXEN, Ecotoxicology of Aquatic Microorganisms Laboratory, Succ. Centre-Ville, Montréal H3C 3P8, Québec, Canada; Université du Québec à Montréal, Institut des Sciences de l'environnement & GEOTOP, Succ. Centre-Ville, C.P. 8888, Montréal H3C 3P8, Québec, Canada
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- Université du Québec à Montréal, Department of Biological Sciences, TOXEN, Ecotoxicology of Aquatic Microorganisms Laboratory, Succ. Centre-Ville, Montréal H3C 3P8, Québec, Canada
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- Université du Québec à Montréal, Institut des Sciences de l'environnement & GEOTOP, Succ. Centre-Ville, C.P. 8888, Montréal H3C 3P8, Québec, Canada
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- Institut de Recherche en Biologie Végétale, Montreal Botanical Garden, 4101 Sherbrooke East, Montréal H1X 2B2, Québec, Canada
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- Université du Québec à Montréal, Institut des Sciences de l'environnement & GEOTOP, Succ. Centre-Ville, C.P. 8888, Montréal H3C 3P8, Québec, Canada
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- Université du Québec à Montréal, Department of Biological Sciences, TOXEN, Ecotoxicology of Aquatic Microorganisms Laboratory, Succ. Centre-Ville, Montréal H3C 3P8, Québec, Canada.
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