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Natural products that have been used commercially as crop protection agents
Author(s) -
Copping Leonard G,
Duke Stephen O
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
pest management science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.296
H-Index - 125
eISSN - 1526-4998
pISSN - 1526-498X
DOI - 10.1002/ps.1378
Subject(s) - crop protection , pesticide , microbiology and biotechnology , biochemical engineering , crop , biology , agroforestry , agronomy , engineering
Many compounds derived from living organisms have found a use in crop protection. These compounds have formed the basis of chemical synthesis programmes to derive new chemical products; they have been used to identify new biochemical modes of action that can be exploited by industry‐led discovery programmes; some have been used as starting materials for semi‐synthetic derivatives; and many have been used or continue to be used directly as crop protection agents. This review examines only those compounds derived from living organisms that are currently used as pesticides. Plant growth regulators and semiochemicals have been excluded from the review, as have living organisms that exert their effects by the production of biologically active secondary metabolites. Copyright © 2007 Society of Chemical Industry