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Crop protection agents from nature : natural products and analogues

edited by Leonard G. Copping

(Critical reports on applied chemistry, v.35)

Royal Society of Chemistry Information Services, c1996

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Includes bibliographic references and index

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Description

Published in association with SCI This book is a complete critical review of natural crop protection. It examines the complete range of potential crop protection agents from nature, and identifies those areas that show potential within the crop protection industry. Crop Protection Agents From Nature: Natural Products and Analogues examines the secondary metabolites that occur in nature including bacteria, fungi, algae, higher plants and animals. It evaluates their biological effects, and, wherever possible, identifies their mode of action. In addition, the book discusses opportunities for commercial exploitation and lists the regulatory requirements. Overall, this book is an excellent examination of all aspects of the natural world as a source of crop protection agents. It will be of great interest to researchers in bio-organic and agrochemistry, as well as professionals in the pesticides industry.

Table of Contents

  • Introduction
  • Micro-organisms as a Source of Biologically Active Secondary Metabolites
  • Pesticides of Microbial Origin and Applications of Molecular Biology
  • Strobilurins - From Natural Products to a New Class of Fungicides
  • Phytotoxins of Microbial Origin with Potential for Use as Herbicides
  • Biologically Active Compounds from Algae
  • Crop Protection Agents from Higher Plants - An Overview
  • Studies from China of Plants as Sources and Models of Insect Control Agents
  • Pesticides from Nature: Past and Present Perspectives
  • Synthetic Insecticides Related to the Natural Pyrethrins
  • Natural Defence Mechanisms of Plants
  • Animal Venoms and Insect Toxins as Lead Compounds in the Design of Agrochemicals - Especially Insecticides
  • Diversity and Biological Activity of Bacillus Thuringiensis
  • Natural and Engineered Viral Agents for Insect Control
  • Micro-organisms as Agents in Plant Disease Control
  • Microbial Herbicides - Factors in Development
  • The Registration of New Natural Pesticides
  • Subject Index.

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