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J Agric Food Chem

Title:		Chemical ecology in wheat plant-pest interactions. how the use of modern techniques and a multidisciplinary approach can throw new light on a well-known phenomenon: allelopathy
Author(s):		Fomsgaard IS;
Address:		"Danish Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Research Centre Flakkebjerg, DK-4200 Slagelse, Denmark. inge.fomsgaard@agrsci.dk"
Journal Title:		J Agric Food Chem
Year:		2006
Volume:		54
Issue:		4
Page Number:		987 - 990
DOI:		10.1021/jf051146q
ISSN/ISBN:		0021-8561 (Print) 0021-8561 (Linking)
Abstract:		"A new holistic approach on research into allelopathy was launched in the FATEALLCHEM project. The project was financed by the European Commission in the 5th Framework Programme and involved agronomists, biologists, analytical chemists, organic chemists, environmental chemists, ecotoxicologists, and modelers. Benzoxazinones from wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) were the main group of compounds studied in the project. The project showed that future assessments of an extensive use of allelopathic crops must include the development of validated analytical methods, considerations of relevant concentrations, studies on soil transformation, ecotoxicological studies on individual compounds and mixtures, evaluation on human and mammal toxicity, and joint effect studies on weeds, insects, and pathogens. The project results clearly showed the relevance of optimizing the exploitation of cereal benzoxazinones. Crop rotation is a very traditional practice, which was given less importance for decades but is now regaining its importance in agricultural practice as a means of controlling weed seed banks and soilborne diseases and pests. When using cereals as catch crops and green manure, the allelopathic properties of the cereals could now be much more extensively exploited, choosing varieties with optimal production of benzoxazinones and optimizing the time of sowing in relation to the formation of bioactive metabolites"
Keywords:		"*Ecology Oxazines/analysis/metabolism *Pest Control, Biological Pesticides Pheromones/metabolism/toxicity Plant Diseases Soil/analysis Triticum/*chemistry;"
Notes:		"MedlineFomsgaard, Inge S eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't 2006/02/16 J Agric Food Chem. 2006 Feb 22; 54(4):987-90. doi: 10.1021/jf051146q"