Changes in Food Reserves and Respiratory Capacity of Bindweed Tissues Accompanying Herbicidal Action of 2,4—Dichlorophenoxyacetic Acid

Abstract
Treatment of bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis) with 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid caused rapid and characteristic changes in both carbohydrate and N fractions of leaf, stem, and underground structures and in the respiratory capacity of the latter tissues. The herbicidal action was evidently not due primarily to depletion of root reserves, but involved other physiol. disturbances.