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Movement of Methyl 2-Benzimidazolecarbamate into Soybean Seeds After Foliar Application of Benomyl. M. A. Ellis, Graduate Research Fellow, Department of Plant Pathology, University of Illinois, Urbana 61801; J. B. Sinclair, Professor, Department of Plant Pathology, University of Illinois, Urbana 61801. Phytopathology 65:1387-1389. Accepted for publication 25 June 1975. DOI: 10.1094/Phyto-65-1387.

Methyl 2-benzimidazolecarbamate (MBC) was detected in the seedcoat and cotyledons of soybean (Glycine max) seeds from plants sprayed with benomyl. MBC moved through the pod walls and into seeds and was absorbed through stem tissues and translocated upward into seeds.