Preface
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R E C E N T A D V A N C E S I N T H E D I S C O V E R Y and development o f new syn
thetic and natural pest management agents and technologies that might play a role i n reducing the environmental impact o f pest control are the focus o f this volume. T h e material is organized into sections o n weed, insect, and plant pathogen management. W i t h i n each section are chapters o n synthetic compounds, biotechnology, and natural products. A n introductory chapter sets the stage for the book, summarizing the current state o f pest control and the increased pressures to develop safer and more environmentally benign pesticides and pest control technolo gies. W e e d management tools are addressed i n eight chapters. A n over view of biorational design o f herbicides is provided i n the first chapter o f this section. Glufosinate is an environmentally and toxicologically benign herbicide, and a chapter is dedicated to the production o f crops that are resistant to this herbicide. T h e next chapter discusses synergism as a stra tegy for reduction o f herbicide use rates. This is followed by considera tion o f the potential o f the porphyrin pathway as a target site for herbi cide action. Three chapters o n various aspects o f biocontrol o f weeds with mycoherbicides are presented. T h e first outlines the technological bar riers o f this approach, and the subsequent chapters offer potential solu tions i n overcoming some of these barriers. T h e final chapter o f the weed management section considers the potential o f natural products as sources of new, safer herbicides. T h e section o n insect control is addressed i n eleven chapters and cov ers a broad cross section o f the latest technologies involving chemical compounds and semiochemicals i n insect management. T h e material covered includes chapters o n the application o f insect receptor technol ogy to discovery o f selective insecticides, novel insect growth regulators, new insecticides based o n heterocyclic moieties, natural products as insec ticides, viral a n d microbial insecticides and use o f semiochemicals i n managing parasitoids, and a final chapter o n host plant resistance to insect attack based o n genetically engineered cotton plants expressing an insecticidal protein toxin. A final section deals with management o f plant pathogens. Chapters o n naturally occurring nematicides, microbial compounds to control plant diseases, biocontrol o f plant pathogens, and safer fungicides are found i n this section.
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N o t every important pesticide, biocontrol agent, or biotechnological approach to pest control is covered i n these 24 chapters. However, our hope is that this eclectic collection of chapters o n chemical strategies and technologies w i l l provide an accurate view of where we are and where we are going i n pest management. This volume is the outgrowth of a symposium held under the auspices of the Agrochemicals Division, A m e r i c a n Chemical Society, at the national meeting i n A p r i l 1992 i n San Francisco, California. The sympo sium spanned two complete days, with half-day sessions i n the areas of herbicides, insecticides, biopesticides, and natural products and semiochemicals. W e thank the contributors to this volume for outstanding efforts i n synthesizing the latest information o n their topics. W e also acknowledge the time and expertise of the many reviewers who helped to make these chapters even better. T h e assistance of A n n e W i l s o n , M a u r e e n R o u h i , Barbara Tansill, Cheryl Shanks, D o n n a Lucas, and other staff at the B o o k s Department of the A m e r i c a n Chemical Society is gratefully ack nowledged. Finally, we thank the Agrochemicals D i v i s i o n of the A m e r i can Chemical Society and the Agricultural Research Service of the U . S . Department of Agriculture for their willingness to support our sympo sium. STEPHEN
O.
DUKE
Agricultural Research Service U . S . Department of Agriculture Stoneville, MS 38776 JULIUS
J.
MENN
Agricultural Research Service U . S . Department of Agriculture Beltsville, MD 20705 JACK
R.
PLIMMER
ABC Laboratories Columbia, MO 65205 October 9, 1992
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