Summary. Translocation of 3‐amino‐1,2,4‐triazole‐5‐14C (14C‐aminotriazole) was compared to that of 14C‐assimilates in couch grass (Agropyron repens (L.) Beauv.) at three different growth stages. Assimilates of 14CO2 were translocated from the treated shoot to other shoots and rhizomes at the 2–3‐leaf and 3–4‐leaf stages of development. Much less labelled material was translocated into untreated shoots at the 5‐leaf stage. More 14C‐assimilates were translocated to the roots than to untreated shoots at all developmental stages. The translocation patterns of 14C‐aminotriazole and 14C‐assimilates were similar. Two metabolites, A and B, were formed from 14C‐aminotriazole, which chromatographed identically to previously described metabolites in Cirsium arvense (L.) Scop. A was further metabolized into B. Labelled aminotriazole and its two metabolites were translocated throughout the plants. Metabolite A was phytotoxic when concentrated and re‐applied to couch grass, but its properties were not those of Unknown II from Cirsium arvense. They were the same as those of Unknown III. Whether or not metabolite A and Unknown III are identical was not established. Migration des substances assimilables marquées au 14 C, du 3 amino‐1,2,4‐triazole et de ses métabolites chez Agropyron repens

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Shade cages admitting three quantities of sunlight were placed in a dense field infestation of Canada thistle(Cirsium arvense(L.) Scop.), and the thistles were sprayed with (2,4-dichlorophenoxy)acetic acid (2,4-D) and with 2,4-D plus glucose in 1968 and again in 1969. Necrosis was greatest under full sunlight and when glucose was added. Regrowth the years after spraying increased with decreasing daylight intensities, but it was not significantly influenced by the addition of glucose. Percentage of necrosis in the year of treatment was not correlated with the percentage of regrowth the following year.