Pesticide Science (1999) 55, 761-774

L. Crombie (1999)
Natural product chemistry and its part in the defence against insects and fungi in agriculture
Pesticide Science 55 (8), 761-774
Abstract: This paper surveys our work on natural products as potential models for defensive substances against insect and fungal predators. Insecticides and repellents included are pyrethrins, rotenoids, lipid amides, phorbol esters, cordifolia germacranolides, nicandrenoids, mammeins, dihydroagarofuran esters, and cembrene diols. The fungal H-S toxins from Alternaria, and avenacins from oat roots are briefly considered. The avenacins provide an in-situ defence of oat roots against the destructive 'Take-all' fungus disease.
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Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
control - general

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Gaeumannomyces graminis