Two-dimensional gel electrophoresis coupled to mass spectrometry analysis was used to examine the effect of four herbicides namely: Bentazone + Cyhalofop- butyl (BCB) and Butachlor + Clomazone (BUC), Halosulfuron-methyl + Mefenacet + Thiobencarb (HMMT...
Two-dimensional gel electrophoresis coupled to mass spectrometry analysis was used to examine the effect of four herbicides namely: Bentazone + Cyhalofop- butyl (BCB) and Butachlor + Clomazone (BUC), Halosulfuron-methyl + Mefenacet + Thiobencarb (HMMT) and Thiobencarb alone (THB), wood vinegar and rice hull vinegar on a weed species barnyard grass (Echinochloa crusgalli) at the proteome level. Treatments included recommended rate (RR: 100%), half recommended rate (HRR: 50%), HRR combined with different wood vinegar (WV) and rice vinegar (RV) concentrations: 1 ml WV/RV per 100, 250 and 500 ml of water and Control or Untreated. Sampling for proteomic analysis was done 3 days and 7 days after the treatment (DAT) of liquid herbicides and solid herbicides, respectively. To support the study’s results parameters height and weight (fresh and dry) were also measured.
Examination of 2-D maps derived from barnyard grass leaf tissues revealed the presence of 62 spots displaying a differential expression pattern, out of which 32 were identified. Observed pH ranges from 4-7.5. In detail, proteins which were observed in all the treatments include 60 kDa jasmonate protein and Chaperonin CPN60-2, mitochondrial, which play important roles in plant defense and in the facilitation of the correct folding of imported proteins respectively. The down regulation of four proteins (spot numbers 9, 10, 13 and 14) was observed in almost all of the herbicide treated plant samples.
The shortest plant height was obtained by the grass treated with BCB 50 + 100 WV mix; 5.0 cm followed by BUC 100 in the case of liquid herbicides and highest plant height was observed in the untreated grass, as expected. In the case of solid herbicides, HMMT 50 + 250 WV mix was lowest at 6.50. Lowest fresh weight was observed in BCB 100 at 0.062g. In the case of solid herbicides it was lowest at HMMT 50 + 250 RV mix: 0.201g. In terms of dry weight, lowest value was detected in BCB 50 + 100 RV mix: 0.022g, for liquid herbicides treated. As with solid herbicides, lowest dry weight was attained by HMMT 50 + 250 RV mix. Protein content showed great variations on treatment effects. Generally, samples treated with BUC showed lower protein contents, and it was lowest in BUC 50% + 100 WV mix, With regard to solid herbicides, HMMT 50%+ 100 RV mix showed the lowest amount.
Overall, the treatments BCB 50 + 100 WV mix HMMT 50 + 250 RV were most effective in controlling barnyard grass across all parameters analyzed.