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Potential New Herbicides – Phytotoxins from Plant Pathogens

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

Doug Kenfield,
Greg Bunkers,
Gary A. Strobel and
Fumio Sugawara
Doug Kenfield
Affiliation:
Dep. Plant Pathol., Mont. State Univ., Bozeman, MT 59717
Greg Bunkers
Affiliation:
Dep. Plant Pathol., Mont. State Univ., Bozeman, MT 59717
Gary A. Strobel
Affiliation:
Dep. Plant Pathol., Mont. State Univ., Bozeman, MT 59717
Fumio Sugawara
Affiliation:
Inst. Phys. Chem. Res., Lab. Herbicide Plant Growth, Riken, Wako-shi, Saitama 351, Japan
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Abstract

A rationale for the study of phytotoxins from fungal pathogens of plants is presented. Structural chemistries and biological data are given for numerous, recently discovered phytotoxins in such diverse chemical classes as polyketides, terpenoids, diketopiperazines, and isocoumarins. The biological activities of these compounds range from broadly toxic (curvulin) to host specific (maculosin-1). Phytotoxicology offers a viable supplement to organic synthesis as a means of developing and implementing new, biorational, and economical herbicides.

Keywords

Eremophilanesophiobolinsdiketopiperazineslactamsisocoumarins

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Symposium
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Weed Technology , Volume 2 , Issue 4 , October 1988, pp. 519 - 524
Copyright
Copyright © 1988 by the Weed Science Society of America 

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