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7501: Glucosinolate hydrolysis compounds for weed control

Bellostas, Natalia; Nielsen Kudsk, Per; Sørensen, Jens C. and Sørensen, Hilmer (2006) Glucosinolate hydrolysis compounds for weed control. Paper presented at Joint Organic Congress, Odense, Denmark, May 30-31, 2006..

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Summary

Glucosinolates are allelochemicals present in all Brassica plants. Upon hydrolysis by endogenous enzymes they produce a series of biologically active compounds, such as isothiocyanates and their deriva-tives among others. These compounds have marked fungicidal, nematocidal and herbicidal effects and therefore their use as biodegradable natural products for crop protection has attracted much attention in the last years. A number of these compounds, either individually or in combination, were tested against Sinapis alba and Lollium perenne in Petri dishes bio-assays. C50 values as low as 0.7 and 0.2 mM were obtained. This may open the possibility for using glucosinolate hydrolysis products as herbicides.

Document Language:English
Subject Areas: Crop husbandry > Crop health, quality, protection
Crop husbandry > Weed management
Research affiliation: International Conferences > Joint Organic Congress 2006 > Theme 5: Protecting plant health
Total budget (Euro):0
Orgprints ID Number:7501
Contact:Bellostas Muguerza, Natalia
Deposited On:09 May 2006
EPrint Type:Submit a paper or a poster to a conference
Published?:Published
Type of presentation:Poster
Peer Review Status:Not peer-reviewed

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