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The herbicide glyphosate.

J Malik1, G Barry, G Kishore

  • 1Monsanto Agricultural Company, Chesterfield, MO 63198.

Biofactors (Oxford, England)
|March 1, 1989
PubMed
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Glyphosate is a highly effective herbicide with beneficial environmental properties, including rapid soil biodegradation and low toxicity to non-plant life. It works by inhibiting a key plant enzyme, 5-enolpyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate synthase.

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Area of Science:

  • Agricultural Science
  • Environmental Science
  • Biochemistry

Background:

  • Glyphosate is a widely used broad-spectrum herbicide.
  • Understanding its environmental fate and toxicological profile is crucial.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review the environmental properties, metabolism, and mode of action of glyphosate.
  • To consolidate current knowledge on glyphosate's herbicidal activity and safety.

Main Methods:

  • Review of existing literature on glyphosate's environmental behavior.
  • Analysis of microbial metabolism pathways for glyphosate.
  • Examination of glyphosate's biochemical mechanism of action.

Main Results:

  • Glyphosate exhibits excellent soil immobility, rapid inactivation, and biodegradation.

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  • It is practically non-toxic to aquatic species, avian species, animals, and humans.
  • Bacterial metabolism yields aminomethylphosphonate and glyoxylate or sarcosine and phosphate.
  • Glyphosate inhibits 5-enolpyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate synthase, crucial for aromatic compound biosynthesis in plants.

    • Conclusions:

    • Glyphosate possesses favorable environmental characteristics and a strong safety profile for non-target organisms.
    • Its herbicidal efficacy is attributed to the specific inhibition of a vital plant enzyme.