Target Sites of Herbicide Action

This publication is based on the plant processes and reaction sites for which reliable knowledge on both their physiology and biochem-istry and the mode of herbicidal action is available. Targets of the agrochemical research, such as enzymes of biosynthetic pathways or herbicide-binding peptides in the photosynthetic membrane, are highlighted. Detailed knowledge about the target sites will allow bio-chemical model systems to evaluate the biological activity of newly synthesized compounds before their conventional screening in the greenhouse. Quantitative structure/activity relationships should be performed more reliably with simple biological species or enzymol-ogy assays, to aid in the rational design of pesticides. This text is highly valuable for plant physiologists, pathologists, and chemists in the agrochemical industry and universities.

• | Author: Peter Boger
• | Publisher: CRC Press
• | Publication Date: Jul 31, 1989
• | Number of Pages: 304 pages
• | Binding: Hardback or Cased Book
• | ISBN-10: 0849349850
• | ISBN-13: 9780849349850