Natural products for plant protection
2006
Cekovic, Z., Univerzitet u Beogradu, Beograd (Serbia). Hemijski fakultet
The advantage applying natural products, such as a secondary metabolites, in plant protection is shortly presented. Some natural products are already in use as insecticides, herbicides and fungicides because new biotechnological processes, fermentation and biotransformations provide procedures for their industrial production. In addition to biotechnical processes natural compounds possessing pesticide activities are also prepared by chemical synthesis. An active secondary metabolite must first be isolated from natural sources and then, based on biological, toxicological and ecological studies, acceptable compounds are selected for laboratory and industrial chemical synthesis. Several compounds possessing insecticidal, herbicidal and fungicidal activities, which have been successfully applied for plant protection are presented.
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