Mode of Action, Targets, Genetic Engineering, Chemistry
edited by Peter Böger, Ko Wakabayashi, Kenji Hirai.
Berlin, Heidelberg
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
2002
(xxi, 364 pages 96 illustrations, 2 illustrations in color.)
Acetolactate Synthase Inhibitors --; Bleaching Herbicides: Action Mechanism in Carotenoid Biosynthesis, Structural Requirements and Engineering of Resistance --; Inhibitors of Aromatic Amino Acid Biosynthesis (Glyphosate) --; Inhibitors of Glutamine Synthetase --; Acetyl-CoA Carboxylase Inhibitors --; Inhibitors of Biosynthesis of Very-Long-Chain Fatty Acids --; Cellulose Biosynthesis Inhibitor Herbicides --; Inhibitors of Protoporphyrinogen Oxidase: A Brief Update --; Genetic Engineering of Herbicide-Resistant Plants --; Major Synthetic Routes for Modern Herbicide Classes and Agrochemical Characteristics --; Diverse Response of Plants Towards Chiral Phytotoxic Chemicals --; Transcuticular Penetration of Foliar-Applied Pesticides --; Its Analysis by a Logistic-Kinetic Penetration Model --; Structure-Activity Correlation of Very Long-Chain Fatty Acid Biosynthesis Inhibitors --; Index.
This book presents the progress made in the study of the mode of action of phytotoxic compounds that have been developed as herbicides in the recent past. The 13 chapters are written by experts in herbicide research and development, chemists, biochemists, and plant physiologists. The biochemistry of the target enzymes is described together with model assays, molecular genetics and special reference to transgenic herbicide-resistant crops. Additional chapters deal with new synthetic chemical pathways, chirality effects found in certain herbicide classes, and transcuticular pesticide penetration.
Agriculture.
Biochemistry.
Life sciences.
edited by Peter Böger, Ko Wakabayashi, Kenji Hirai.