3.7
Economic Benefits
A lot of compounds are present in plants which are bioactive in nature. A comparison between biological activities of synthetic herbicides to the allelochemicals gives
an idea that activity of these secondary metabolites is unquestionable. Use of
allelochemical provides an economical way to change agriculture practice. In the
recent days, instrumentation is improved which helps in cost-effective and easy
identification of biological active compounds as compared to a decade ago.
In natural phytotoxins vital cause for scrutiny is that they frequently have new
sites of achievement [159]. Besides that preparation of herbicide, pesticide from
Abiotic stress
protectants
ROS quenching
Toxic activity against
microbial development
Membrane
stabilization
Allelopathy
(weed control)
Preparation for
enhanced defense
to upcoming stresses
Induction of defense
proteins and
metabolites
Direct inducers of defenses
Defense priming signals
Plant growth regulators
Senescence
control
HELP!
Parasitoid attractants
Pathogen growth
inhibitors
Fig. 5 Possible applications of plant volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in agriculture.
(Adapted from Ref. [149])
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