Herbicides and Plant Metabolism

Herausgeber: Dodge, A. D.

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This volume provides a review of the most important areas of the biochemistry of herbicide action.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Oktober 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 471g
• ISBN-13: 9780521050340
• ISBN-10: 0521050340
• Artikelnr.: 23365824

Inhaltsangabe

Contributors
Preface
1. Herbicide use and invention K. P. Parry
2. Herbicides interacting with photosystem II J. J. S. van Rensen
3. Herbicides interacting with photosystem I A. D. Dodge
4. Carotenoids and chlorophylls: herbicidal inhibition of pigment biosynthesis G. Britton, P. Barry and A. J. Young
5. Herbicides inhibiting lipid synthesis J. L. Harwood, S. M. Ridley and K. A. Walker
6. The shikimate pathway as a target for herbicides J. R. Coggins
7. Herbicides that inhibit the biosynthesis of branched chain amino acids T. R. Hawkes, J. L. Howard and S. E. Pontin
8. Glutamine synthetase and its inhibition P. J. Lea and S. M. Ridley
9. Metabolism of herbicides - detoxification as a basis of selectivity W. J. Owen
10. Bioactivated herbicides M. W. Kerr
11. Mechanisms involved in the evolution of herbicide resistance in weeds P. D. Putwain and H. A. Collin
12. Conferring herbicide resistance on susceptible crops J. Gressel
Herbicide glossary
Herbicide index
General index.