| Title: | Natural toxins for use in pest management |
| Author(s): | Duke SO; Cantrell CL; Meepagala KM; Wedge DE; Tabanca N; Schrader KK; |
| Address: | "Natural Products Utilization, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, P. O. Box 8048, University, MS 38677, USA. Stephen.duke@ars.usda.gov" |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 2072-6651 (Electronic) 2072-6651 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "Natural toxins are a source of new chemical classes of pesticides, as well as environmentally and toxicologically safer molecules than many of the currently used pesticides. Furthermore, they often have molecular target sites that are not exploited by currently marketed pesticides. There are highly successful products based on natural compounds in the major pesticide classes. These include the herbicide glufosinate (synthetic phosphinothricin), the spinosad insecticides, and the strobilurin fungicides. These and other examples of currently marketed natural product-based pesticides, as well as natural toxins that show promise as pesticides from our own research are discussed" |
| Keywords: | "Animals Fungicides, Industrial/pharmacology Herbicides/pharmacology Isoptera Mollusca/drug effects Pesticides/*pharmacology Pheromones/pharmacology Toxins, Biological/*pharmacology algicide fungicide herbicide insecticide molluscicide pesticide;" |
| Notes: | "MedlineDuke, Stephen O Cantrell, Charles L Meepagala, Kumudini M Wedge, David E Tabanca, Nurhayat Schrader, Kevin K eng Review Switzerland 2010/08/01 Toxins (Basel). 2010 Aug; 2(8):1943-62. doi: 10.3390/toxins2081943. Epub 2010 Jul 29" |
