Rationale for a natural products approach to herbicide discovery

Pest Management Science

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 519-528

  Dayan, Franck E ^a   Owens, Daniel K ^a   Duke, Stephen O ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Allelochemicals; Microbial toxins; Mode of action; Natural products

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCT; HERBICIDE;

AGROCHEMICAL; ALLELOCHEMICAL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FATTY ACID; HERBICIDE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PESTICIDE RESISTANCE; PHYTOTOXICITY; TOXIN; WEED CONTROL;

CHEMISTRY; DRUG DEVELOPMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; WEED;

BIOLOGICAL AGENTS; DRUG DISCOVERY; HERBICIDES; PLANT WEEDS;

EID: 84858064007     PISSN: 1526498X     EISSN: 15264998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ps.2332     Document Type: Review

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