Phytochemistry and agriculture
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Phytochemistry and agriculture
（Proceedings of the Phytochemical Society of Europe, 34）
Clarendon Press , Oxford University Press, 1993
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Based on papers given at a symposium held April 22-24, 1992, in Wageningen, the Netherlands
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
Plants provide humans with a wide array of products, in the development of which agriculture and phytochemistry have played an important role. This book emphasizes this importance by examining the many areas in which phytochemistry is valuable. Three specific areas are: crop protection, adverse effects of phytochemicals, and the production of phytochemicals by field crops and tissue culture. By providing a thorough and in-depth look at a wide range of issues and
questions in these areas, the book provides a valuable introduction to this field and an up-to-date synthesis of current research.
Table of Contents
- 1. Insects and phytochemicals - nature's economy
- 2. The chemistry of azadirachtin and other insecticidal constituents of Meliaceae
- 3. Progress in developing insecticides from natural compounds
- 4. Exploiting behaviourally-active phytochemicals in crop protection
- 5. Metabolic signals in the rhizosphere: catabolism of calystegins and betains by hizobium melioti'
- 6. Practical significance of tritrophic interactions for crop protection
- 7. Cyanogenesis and food plants
- 8. Digestibility-inhibiting substances from alfalfa
- 9. Toxic range plants and their constitutents
- 10. Production and application of phytochemicals from an agricutlural perspective
- 11. Polyphenols - phytochemical chameleons
- 12. Gingko biloba - cultivation, extraction, and therapeutic use of the extract
- 13. Experiences of starting a commercial company based on plant-derived products in a developing country
- 14. Biosynthesis of storage fat in oil crops - today and tomorrow
- 15. Variation of flower colours by genetic manipulation of the biosynthesis of anthocyanins
- 16. Recent advances in the prduction of aroma compounds in plant culture systems
- 17. Production of foreign proteins and peptides in transgenic plants
- 18. Industrial production of fine chemicals - plants versus chemical synthesis
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