Environmentally Friendly Alkylphosphonate Herbicides

• Main Authors: He, Hong-Wu (Author), Peng, Hao (Author), Tan, Xiao-Song (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Subjects: Chemistry.; Organic chemistry.; Agriculture.; Plant biochemistry.; Environmental chemistry.; Organic Chemistry.; Plant Biochemistry.; Environmental Chemistry.

This book presents essential research on a class of environmentally friendly alkylphosphonate herbicides. This class of herbicides acted as a competitive inhibitor of the pyruvate dehydrogenase complex (PDHc) to control weeds. The bioreasoning and systematic approach, from basic research to field te...