Paper · 1984 · Weed Science

Reversal of Cation-Induced Reduction in Glyphosate Activity by EDTA

Patrick J. Shea; Duane R. Tupy

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Abstract

Glyphosate [N-(phosphonomethyl)glycine] phytotoxicity to greenhouse-grown wheat ( Triticum aestivum L. ‘Centurk’) was greatly reduced by Ca 2+ in the carrier solution. Addition of ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) restored glyphosate phytotoxicity in hard water and increased phytotoxicity in deionized water. The phytotoxicity of 0.1 kg ae/ha glyphosate plus 1.0% (w/v) EDTA was equal to that observed for 0.2 kg/ha of the herbicide alone in deionized water or 0.4 kg/ha in water containing 200 ppm Ca 2+ . EDTA was more compatible with glyphosate in combination with X-77 or MON-0011 nonionic surfactant than with cationic surfactant (contained in a commercial formulation). Phytotoxicity could be increased by adding EDTA and nonionic surfactant to the latter formulation. EDTA increased glyphosate phytotoxicity to wheat when applied in water that contained high levels of calcium and bicarbonate. Glyphosate activity was greater at pH 4 than at pH 6 or 10, but EDTA was equally effective at pH 4, 6, or 10 for all levels of calcium tested up to 800 ppm. NaHCO 3 probably reduced phytotoxicity by increasing the pH of the glyphosate solution.

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Claims 12

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Calcium in the carrier solution greatly reduced glyphosate phytotoxicity to greenhouse-grown wheat.

Material
‘Centurk’e0
Treatment
Ca 2+ in the carrier solutione0
Outcome
Glyphosate [N-(phosphonomethyl)glycine] phytotoxicitye0
Direction
greatly reducede0
Setting
greenhouse-growne0

Not reportedComparator

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Triticum aestivum
Triticum aestivum · TaxonRasbak · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“Glyphosate [N-(phosphonomethyl)glycine] phytotoxicity to greenhouse-grown wheat ( Triticum aestivum L. ‘Centurk’) was greatly reduced by Ca 2+ in the carrier solution”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

EDTA restored glyphosate phytotoxicity in hard water.

Treatment
Addition of ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA)e0
Outcome
glyphosate phytotoxicitye0
Direction
restorede0
Qualifier
hard watere0

Not reportedComparator

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Triticum aestivum
Triticum aestivum · TaxonRasbak · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“Addition of ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) restored glyphosate phytotoxicity in hard water”

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e1

“phytotoxicity to greenhouse-grown wheat”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

EDTA increased glyphosate phytotoxicity in deionized water.

Treatment
Addition of ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA)e1
Outcome
phytotoxicitye0
Direction
increasede0
Qualifier
deionized watere0

Not reportedComparator

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Triticum aestivum
Triticum aestivum · TaxonRasbak · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“increased phytotoxicity in deionized water”

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e1

“Addition of ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA)”

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e2

“phytotoxicity to greenhouse-grown wheat”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Glyphosate at 0.1 kg ae/ha with 1.0% EDTA had equal phytotoxicity to 0.2 kg/ha glyphosate alone in deionized water.

Treatment
0.1 kg ae/ha glyphosate plus 1.0% (w/v) EDTAe0
Outcome
phytotoxicitye0
Direction
equal toe0
Comparator
0.2 kg/ha of the herbicide alone in deionized watere0

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Triticum aestivum
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e0

“The phytotoxicity of 0.1 kg ae/ha glyphosate plus 1.0% (w/v) EDTA was equal to that observed for 0.2 kg/ha of the herbicide alone in deionized water”

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e1

“phytotoxicity to greenhouse-grown wheat”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Glyphosate at 0.1 kg ae/ha with 1.0% EDTA had equal phytotoxicity to 0.4 kg/ha glyphosate in water with 200 ppm calcium.

Treatment
0.1 kg ae/ha glyphosate plus 1.0% (w/v) EDTAe0
Outcome
phytotoxicitye0
Direction
equal toe0
Comparator
0.4 kg/ha in water containing 200 ppm Ca 2+e0

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Triticum aestivum
Triticum aestivum · TaxonRasbak · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“The phytotoxicity of 0.1 kg ae/ha glyphosate plus 1.0% (w/v) EDTA was equal to that observed for 0.2 kg/ha of the herbicide alone in deionized water or 0.4 kg/ha in water containing 200 ppm Ca 2+”

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e1

“phytotoxicity to greenhouse-grown wheat”

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Observationobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

EDTA was more compatible with glyphosate alongside X-77 nonionic surfactant than with cationic surfactant.

Treatment
X-77e0
Outcome
more compatible with glyphosatee0
Direction
more compatiblee0
Comparator
cationic surfactante0

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Triticum aestivum
Triticum aestivum · TaxonRasbak · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“EDTA was more compatible with glyphosate in combination with X-77 or MON-0011 nonionic surfactant than with cationic surfactant”

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e1

“phytotoxicity to greenhouse-grown wheat”

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Observationobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

EDTA was more compatible with glyphosate alongside MON-0011 nonionic surfactant than with cationic surfactant.

Treatment
MON-0011e0
Outcome
more compatible with glyphosatee0
Direction
more compatiblee0
Comparator
cationic surfactante0

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Triticum aestivum
Triticum aestivum · TaxonRasbak · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“EDTA was more compatible with glyphosate in combination with X-77 or MON-0011 nonionic surfactant than with cationic surfactant”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 513–640 · show in text ↑
e1

“phytotoxicity to greenhouse-grown wheat”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 40–79 · show in text ↑
Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Adding EDTA and nonionic surfactant increased phytotoxicity of the commercial formulation.

Treatment
adding EDTA and nonionic surfactante0
Outcome
Phytotoxicitye0
Direction
increasede0

Not reportedComparator

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Triticum aestivum
Triticum aestivum · TaxonRasbak · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“Phytotoxicity could be increased by adding EDTA and nonionic surfactant to the latter formulation”

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e1

“phytotoxicity to greenhouse-grown wheat”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

EDTA increased glyphosate phytotoxicity to wheat in water high in calcium and bicarbonate.

Treatment
EDTAe0
Outcome
glyphosate phytotoxicitye0
Direction
increasede0
Qualifier
high levels of calcium and bicarbonatee0

Not reportedComparator

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Triticum aestivum
Triticum aestivum · TaxonRasbak · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“EDTA increased glyphosate phytotoxicity to wheat when applied in water that contained high levels of calcium and bicarbonate”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Glyphosate activity was greater at pH 4 than at pH 6 or 10.

Treatment
pH 4e0
Outcome
Glyphosate activitye0
Direction
greatere0
Comparator
pH 6 or 10e0

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Triticum aestivum
Triticum aestivum · TaxonRasbak · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“Glyphosate activity was greater at pH 4 than at pH 6 or 10”

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e1

“phytotoxicity to greenhouse-grown wheat”

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Observationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

EDTA was equally effective at pH 4, 6 and 10 across tested calcium levels up to 800 ppm.

Treatment
EDTAe0
Outcome
equally effectivee0
Direction
equallye0
Qualifier
all levels of calcium tested up to 800 ppme0
Comparator
pH 4, 6, or 10e0

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Triticum aestivum
Triticum aestivum · TaxonRasbak · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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e0

“EDTA was equally effective at pH 4, 6, or 10 for all levels of calcium tested up to 800 ppm”

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e1

“phytotoxicity to greenhouse-grown wheat”

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Mechanismhypothesisoriginal resultnegativemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

The authors proposed that sodium bicarbonate reduced glyphosate phytotoxicity by increasing solution pH.

Treatment
NaHCO 3e0
Outcome
reduced phytotoxicitye0
Direction
reducede0
Qualifier
increasing the pH of the glyphosate solutione0

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Triticum aestivum
Triticum aestivum · TaxonRasbak · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“NaHCO 3 probably reduced phytotoxicity by increasing the pH of the glyphosate solution”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1064–1150 · show in text ↑
e1

“phytotoxicity to greenhouse-grown wheat”

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nonionic surfactant · crop injury · Triticum aestivum (wheat)Positive and negative results

3 papers: 1 positive, 2 negative or no effect

2 in the opposite direction

  1. no effect
  2. negative
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calcium(2+) · crop injury · Triticum aestivum (wheat)Positive and negative results

4 papers: 3 positive, 1 negative or no effect

3 in the opposite direction

  1. positive
  2. positive
  3. positive
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food additive carrier · crop injury · Triticum aestivum (wheat)Results agree

2 papers: 0 positive, 2 negative or no effect

1 paper in the same direction as this paper

  1. negative
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Claims are grouped by organism, treatment and what was measured or targeted. A paper counts as positive when any of its claims in the group is positive.