Will seedlings recover from accidental glyphosate (roundup) spraying?
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I sprayed my passion fruit seedlings with a glyphosate (roundup) by mistake, will the seedlings survive? And after how long will the seedlings recover for transplanting?
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by: samwel
(1 point)
Posted: July 3, 2013
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It depends.
Glyphosate is absorbed through leaves. If you sprayed it on the leaves, the plants will very likely die. Glyphosate blocks an enzyme (called EPSPS) present in plants that is responsible for essential biochemical processes. By inhibiting these essential processes, glyphosate effectively kills the plant.
Glyphosate is absorbed through leaves. If you sprayed it on the leaves, the plants will very likely die. Glyphosate blocks an enzyme (called EPSPS) present in plants that is responsible for essential biochemical processes. By inhibiting these essential processes, glyphosate effectively kills the plant.
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by: deactivated
(25 points)
Posted: July 3, 2013
The levels also matter. At high levels it kills and at lower levels plants exposed to glyphosate display stunted growth, loss of green coloration, leaf wrinkling or malformation, and tissue death.
If it is going to die it may take from 4 to 20 days to occur. Because these were seedlings and because seedlings grow a lot and this is a growth disruptor I assume they will either die or grow abnormally.
Let us know how it goes
If it is going to die it may take from 4 to 20 days to occur. Because these were seedlings and because seedlings grow a lot and this is a growth disruptor I assume they will either die or grow abnormally.
Let us know how it goes
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by: David Hughes
(65 points)
Posted: July 3, 2013
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