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The Potential of Allelochemicals from Microalgae for Biopesticides

open access: yesPlants, 2023
Improvements in agricultural productivity are required to meet the demand of a growing world population. Phytopathogens, weeds, and insects are challenges to agricultural production.
Livia Marques Casanova   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Chemical ecology of insect parasitoids: towards a new era [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Over the course of evolutionary time, insect parasitoids have developed diverse strategies for using chemical compounds to communicate with various protagonists within their environment (i.e.
COLAZZA, Stefano, Wajnberg, E.
core   +1 more source

Synergistic allelochemicals from a freshwater cyanobacterium [PDF]

open access: yesProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2010
The ability of cyanobacteria to produce complex secondary metabolites with potent biological activities has gathered considerable attention due to their potential therapeutic and agrochemical applications. However, the precise physiological or ecological roles played by a majority of these metabolites have remained elusive. Several studies
Pedro N, Leão   +8 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Evolution of the Secondary Metabolites in Invasive Plant Species Chromolaena odorata for the Defense and Allelopathic Functions

open access: yesPlants, 2023
Chromolaena odorata (L.) R.M. King & H. Robinson is native to tropical America, and has naturalized in many other countries in tropical Asia, Austria, and West Africa.
Hisashi Kato-Noguchi, Midori Kato
doaj   +1 more source

Aplotaxene, a possible allelochemical of thistle (Carduus sp). [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
EMBRAPA Environm, BR-13820 Jaguariuna, SP, BrazilSao Paulo State Univ, Fac Agron Sci, BR-18610 Botucatu, SP, BrazilUniv Sao Paulo, Esalq, BR-13418 Piracicaba, SP, BrazilARS, NPURU, USDA, University, MS 38677 USAUniv Fed Fluminense, Fac Farm, BR-24241 ...
CANTRELL, C. L.   +9 more
core   +1 more source

Agricultural Uses of Juglone: Opportunities and Challenges

open access: yesAgronomy, 2020
Application of conventional synthetic pesticides and agrochemicals has boosted the yield and productivity of crops by reducing pest infestation and promoting crop growth yet increasing reliance on many of these products poses serious environmental ...
A. K. M. Mominul Islam   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Toxicity of meta-Tyrosine

open access: yesPlants, 2021
L-Tyrosine (Tyr) is one of the twenty proteinogenic amino acids and also acts as a precursor for secondary metabolites. Tyr is prone to modifications, especially under conditions of cellular redox imbalance.
Marcin Tyminski   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Allelopathy and Allelochemicals in Chamaecyparis obtusa Leaves for the Development of Sustainable Agriculture

open access: yesAgronomy
Chamaecyparis obtusa (Siebold et Zucc.) Endl. is cultivated in the temperate region of East Asia for its high-quality and profitable timber. The timber-processing industry produces a large amount of waste, such as tree bark, branches, and leaves, and ...
Hisashi Kato-Noguchi   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Algal polyunsaturated fatty acids and effects on plankton ecology and other organisms [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
A review and discussion of the effects of algal polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) on phytoplankton and zooplankton ecology and their effects on other animal systems.
Ikawa, Miyoshi
core   +1 more source

Ecology and evolution of pyrazines in insects

open access: yesBiological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Chemical communication is the oldest and most widespread form of signalling among and within organisms. Among the many compounds involved in such communication, pyrazines – nitrogen‐containing heterocyclic molecules – are especially intriguing due to their widespread occurrence across the tree of life, from bacteria and fungi to insects and ...
Zowi Oudendijk   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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