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Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Online publication date:
August 2010
Print publication year:
1990
Online ISBN:
9780511752315
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511752315
Subjects:
Plant Sciences, Life Sciences, Physiology and Biological Physics, Zoology
Series:
Society for Experimental Biology Seminar Series (38)
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Book description

This volume provides a review of the most important areas of the biochemistry of herbicide action. The introductory chapter is a review of the field of herbicide discovery, and this is followed by chapters dealing with the herbicidal inhibition of photosynthesis, carotenoid biosynthesis, lipid biosynthesis, and amino acid biosynthesis. The metabolism of herbicides is discussed with particular reference to the formation of toxic components from non-toxic chemicals, and also the inactivation of toxic chemicals as a basis for selectivity. The final chapters are concerned with mechanisms of herbicide resistance in plants and the possibility of transferring resistance to susceptible crops. The book is completed with a glossary of the most important herbicidal chemicals mentioned in the text. The volume is suitable for senior undergraduates and graduates in agriculture, horticulture, applied biology and plant biochemistry and for M.Sc. students in crop protection; it will also appeal to industrial research scientists involved in herbicide development.

Reviews

"...a welcome and valuable reference on my bookshelf. Water utility microbiologists, researchers and academics alike will appreciate this book, which is good value for the money while filling a gap in the available review literature." L. I. Sly, Quarterly Review of Biology

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