Modern Crop Protection Compounds, Volumes 1-3, Second Edition

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This one-stop reference for everyone working in the agrochemical business is the leading reference in the field, with first-class authors from all major crop protection companies, including Bayer, Dow, Syngenta and BASF. In three volumes, one each on herbicides, fungicides and insecticides, it provides up-to-date information on the chemical properties, mode of action, range of application, industrial-scale synthesis and commercial products. The new edition has been updated and expanded by more than 50 new compounds and their mechanisms, for a complete picture of agrochemicals introduced since 1990. A truly comprehensive source of top quality information.Content: Chapter 1 HRAC Classification of Herbicides and Resistance Development (pages 5–28): Hubert Menne and Helmut KocherChapter 2 Acetohydroxyacid Synthase Inhibitors (AHAS/ALS) (pages 29–162): Steven Gutteridge, Mark E. Thompson, Oswald Ort, Dale L. Shaner, Mark Stidham, Bijay Singh, Siyuan Tan, Timothy C. Johnson, Richard K. Mann, Paul R. Schmitzer, Roger E. Gast, Gerrit J. deBoer, Takumi Yoshimura, Ryo Hanai, Tsutomu Shimizu, Klaus?Helmut Muller, Ernst?Rudolf F. Gesing and Hans?Joachim SantelChapter 3 Protoporphyrinogen IX Oxidase Inhibitors (pages 163–195): George Theodoridis, Rex Liebl and Cyrill ZagarChapter 4 Herbicides with Bleaching Properties (pages 197–276): Gerhard Hamprecht, Dr. Matthias Witschel, Timothy R. Hawkes, Andrew J. F. Edmunds, James A. Morris and Andreas van AlmsickChapter 5 New Auxin Mimics and Herbicides (pages 277–304): Terence A. Walsh, Paul R. Schmitzer, Robert A. Masters, William C. Lo, Roger E. Gast, Jon S. Claus and Bruce L. FinkelsteinChapter 6 Herbicides Disturbing the Synthesis of Very Long?Chain Fatty Acids (pages 305–337): Peter Babczinski, Yukiyoshi Watanabe, Masao Nakatani, Takumi Yoshimura, Ryo Hanai, Yoshitaka Tanetani and Tsutomu ShimizuChapter 7 Inhibitors of Cellulose Biosynthesis (pages 339–369): Hansjorg Dietrich and Bernd LaberChapter 8 Safeners for Herbicides (pages 371–397): Chris Rosinger, Klaus Bartsch and Wolfgang SchulteChapter 9 Genetically Modified Herbicide?Resistant Crops (pages 399–437): Susan J. Martino?Catt, Paul C. C. Feng, Stephen R. Padgette, Susan Martino?Catt and Gunter DonnChapter 10 Microtubulin Assembly Inhibitors (Pyridines) (pages 439–445): Darin W. Lickfeldt, Denise P. Cudworth, Daniel D. Loughner and Lowell D. MarkleyChapter 11 Acetyl?CoA Carboxylase Inhibitors (pages 447–477): Jean Wenger, Thierry Niderman and Chris MathewsChapter 12 Photosynthesis Inhibitors: Regulatory Aspects, Re?Registration in Europe, Market Trends, and New Products (pages 479–521): Martyn Griffiths, Karl?Wilhelm Munks and Klaus?Helmut MullerChapter 13 New Aspects of Plant Regulators (pages 523–534): Hans Ulrich HaasChapter 14 FRAC Mode of Action Classification and Resistance Risk of Fungicides (pages 539–557): Karl?Heinz Kuck, Andy Leadbeater and Ulrich GisiChapter 15 Fungicides Acting on Oxidative Phosphorylation (pages 559–691): Fergus Earley, Hubert Sauter, Joachim Rheinheimer, Heiko Rieck, Pierre?Yves Coqueron, William G. Whittingham and Harald WalterChapter 16 Fungicides Acting on Amino Acids and Protein Synthesis (pages 693–714): Heinrich Buchenauer, Frank Walker, Ulrich Gisi and Urs MullerChapter 17 Fungicides Acting on Signal Transduction (pages 715–737): Andrew Corran, Gertrude Knauf?Beiter and Ronald ZeunChapter 18 Fungicides Acting on Mitosis and Cell Division (pages 739–760): David H. Young, Isao Ueyama and Yoshio KurahashiChapter 19 Sterol Biosynthesis Inhibitors (pages 761–805): Karl?Heinz Kuck, Klaus Stenzel and Jean?Pierre VorsChapter 20 Carboxylic Acid Amide (CAA) Fungicides (pages 807–830): Ulrich Gisi, Clemens Lamberth, Andreas Mehl and Thomas SeitzChapter 21 Fluopicolide: A New Anti?Oomycetes Fungicide? (pages 831–838): Valerie Toquin, Marie?Pascale Latorse and Roland BeffaChapter 22 Melanin Synthesis in the Cell Wall (pages 839–863): Michael Schindler, Haruko Sawada and Klaus TietjenChapter 23 Fungicides with Unknown Mode of Action (pages 865–885): Stefan Hillebrand, Jean?Luc Zundel and Klaus TietjenChapter 24 Recently Introduced Powdery Mildew Fungicides (pages 887–899): Jochen DietzChapter 25 Newest Aspects of Nucleic Acid Synthesis Inhibitors: Metalaxyl?M (pages 901–908): Urs Muller and Ulrich GisiChapter 26 Host Defense Inducers (pages 909–928): Valerie Toquin, Catherine Sirven, Lutz Assmann and Haruko SawadaChapter 27 IRAC: Insecticide Resistance, and Mode of Action Classification of Insecticides (pages 935–955): Ralf Nauen, Alfred Elbert, Alan McCaffery, Russell Slater and Thomas C. SparksChapter 28 Insect Molting and Metamorphosis (pages 957–998): Tarlochan Singh Dhadialla, Ronald Ross and Makoto HatakoshiChapter 29 Chitin Synthesis (pages 999–1027): Joel J. Sheets, Thomas Bretschneider and Ralf NauenChapter 30 Midgut–Transgenic Crops Expressing Bacillus thuringiensis Cry Proteins (pages 1029–1058): Jeroen Van Rie and Stefan JansensChapter 31 Metabolic Processes (pages 1059–1126): Josef Ehrenfreund, David Kuhn, Nigel Armes, Thomas C. Sparks, Carl V. DeAmicis, Thomas Bretschneider, Reiner Fischer and Ralf NauenChapter 32 Nervous System (pages 1127–1326): Dr. Peter Jeschke, Ralf Nauen, Thomas C. Sparks, Michael R. Loso, Gerald B. Watson, Jonathan M. Babcock, Vincent J. Kramer, Yuanming Zhu, Benjamin M. Nugent, James D. Thomas, Gary D. Crouse, James E. Dripps, Clive Waldron, Vincent L. Salgado, Stefan Schnatterer, Keith A. Holmes and Thomas PitternaChapter 33 New Unknown Modes of Action (pages 1327–1387): Peter Maienfisch, Mark A. Dekeyser, Shigeru Saito, Noriyasu Sakamoto, Olivier Loiseleur and Brigitte SlaatsChapter 34 Insecticides Affecting Calcium Homeostasis (pages 1389–1425): Hiroshi Hamaguchi, Takashi Hirooka, Takao Masaki, George P. Lahm, Daniel Cordova, James D. Barry, John T. Andaloro, I. Billy Annan, Paula C. Marcon, Hector E. Portillo, Thomas M. Stevenson and Thomas P. Selby