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Elucidating the Phytotoxic Potential of Natural Compounds

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In the study of the potential use of natural compounds as phytotoxins is necessary to address the phytotoxic capacity of the compound, knowing its mode of action, as well as its specificity against crops and its stability in the ecosystem. A strong phytotoxic metabolite with a very short half-life or a very limited translocation and transport capacity may be very unhelpful in the management of weeds under natural conditions. That is why a triple approach is proposed in this chapter for the study of natural compounds’ phytotoxic potential.

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  1. Department of Plant Biology and Soil Science, University of Vigo, Vigo, Spain

    Adela M. Sánchez-Moreiras & Manuel J. Reigosa

  2. Department of Plant Biology and Soil Science, Faculty of Biology, and Agri-Food Research and Transfer Centre of the Water Campus (CITACA), University of Vigo, Vigo, Spain

    Elisa Graña, Carla Díaz-Tielas & David López-González

  3. Dipartimento di Agraria, Facoltà di Agraria, Università Mediterranea di Reggio Calabria, Reggio Calabria, Italy

    Fabrizio Araniti

  4. Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Vigo, Vigo, Spain

    María Celeiro & Marta Teijeira

  5. Instituto Agroforestal Mediterráneo, Universitat Politècnica de València, Valencia, Spain

    Mercedes Verdeguer

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Sánchez-Moreiras, A.M. et al. (2018). Elucidating the Phytotoxic Potential of Natural Compounds. In: Sánchez-Moreiras, A., Reigosa, M. (eds) Advances in Plant Ecophysiology Techniques. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-93233-0_22

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