Abstract:The effects of acifluorfene and fluoroglycofen-ethyl on growth and nitrogen metabolism of peanut at the seedling stage were studied in the greenhouse. Two herbicides had strong inhibitory effects on growth development of peanut and key enzymes activity, nitrate reductase and glutamine synthetase, leading to the plant total nitrogen content of peanut decreased observably. The effect of acifluorfene on growth of peanut was shown to exert a fairly strong inhibitory and inhibitory rate of fresh weight and dry weight were 32.85% and 30.00%, and nodulation rate was 28.60%, comparison with nodulation rate without herbicides 80.00%. Moreover, contents of chlorophyll in the treatment were lower than those of control. Acifluorfene and fluoroglycofen-ethyl had inhibitory effects on key enzymes activity, nitrate reductase and glutamine synthetase, during N metabolism to different extents. The total nitrogen contents of acifluorfene and fluoroglycofen-ethyl treatments were 1.452% and 1.553% respectively, which were obviously lower than that of blank control group.