Organophosphonic acids are unique as natural products in terms of stability and mimicry.
The C–P bond that defines these compounds resists hydrolytic cleavage, while the …

Publisher Summary This chapter focuses on the threat to the productivity of world agriculture
imposed by the evolution of herbicide-resistant weed populations. Implicit in this chapter is …

To determine the scope of gene expression controlled by the maize transcription factors
C1/R and P, which are responsible for activating flavonoid synthesis, we used GeneCalling …

Streptomyces coelicolor has an unusually large arsenal of glutamine synthetase (GS)
enzymes: a prokaryotic GSI‐β‐subtype enzyme (encoded by glnA), three annotated glnA …

Some plant pathogens produce toxins which cause disease in infected plants. One of the
pathogenic toxins, tabtoxin, is produced by Pseudomonas syringae pv. tabaci, which causes …

A herbicide with a new mode of action has not been commercialized for more than 30 years.
A recent paper describes a novel genomic approach to herbicide and herbicide mode of …

Microbes (plant pathogens) and microbial products (phytotoxins) have been shown to have
potential as weed control agents. Growth in the interest in these alternative weed control …

Cell extracts of Streptomyces antibioticus, an oleandomycin producer, can inactivate
oleandomycin in the presence of UDP-glucose. The inactivation can be detected through the …

ABSTRACT A fosmid library from genomic DNA of Streptomyces viridochromogenes DSM
40736 was constructed and screened for the presence of genes known to be involved in the …

The initiative to use plant pathogens and allelochemicals from pathogens and other
microorganisms as biological weed control agents (bioherbicides) began about 30 yr ago …