Download or read book The Physiology and Biochemistry of Herbicides written by Leslie John Audus and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page 590 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The classification of herbicides and types of toxicity; Determination of herbicides and plant growth regulators; Herbicide behaviour in the plant; Herbicide behaviour in the soil; Herbicide behaviour in the soil; Growth responses to herbicides; Morphogenetic effects of herbicides; Abscission responses to herbicides; Effects of herbicides on plant composition and metabolism; Responses of plants to sublethal concentration of 2,4-D, without and with added minerals; The effects of herbicides on endogenous regulator systems; The effects of herbicides on biophysical processes in the plant; Suscepltibility: factors in the plant modifyng the of given species to treatment; Herbicide selectivity in relation to formulation and application methods; The behaviour of herbicides in the plant in relation to selectivity; The design of herbicides.