N. Umetsu, A. Tanaka
2010
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plants. Topical application of radiolabeled benfuracarb to the base of the leaf resulted in translocation of radioactivity to all parts of the treated leaf including the stem and even movement in the root was observed. Stem injection of benfuracarb resulted in more rapid translocation of radioactivity to all parts of the plant including the root. In cotton plants, N-S bond cleavage occurred as the initial step in the metabolic pathway, giving rise to carbofuran which, in turn, was oxidized at the 3-position of the ring and the N-methyl group. These oxidized metabolites were then converted to plant conjugates. Major metabolites were carbofuran and 3-hydroxy-carbofuran.