Abstract
BACKGROUND: To enhance discovering efficiency of new herbicidal compounds, a strategy for rapidly screening out strongly herbicidal chemical components fromnatural resources is necessary.
RESULTS: Seventeen essential oils selected from 14 Eucalyptus species and hybrids were evaluated for their herbicidal activities on annual ryegrass. A feasible strategy was established for rapidly pinpointing the chemicals contributing to strong herbicidal activities without the process of isolation and purification of individual compounds. This strategy was based on gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (GC–MS) coupled with principal component analysis (PCA) and verified by the bioassay results using several individual compounds. Two strong herbicidal compoundstrans-pinocarveol and휶-terpineolwere screened out using the strategy. The strong herbicidal activity of trans-pinocarveol was discovered for the first time.
CONCLUSION: The established strategy of screening herbicidal compounds from natural resources is simple, feasible and reliable.
RESULTS: Seventeen essential oils selected from 14 Eucalyptus species and hybrids were evaluated for their herbicidal activities on annual ryegrass. A feasible strategy was established for rapidly pinpointing the chemicals contributing to strong herbicidal activities without the process of isolation and purification of individual compounds. This strategy was based on gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (GC–MS) coupled with principal component analysis (PCA) and verified by the bioassay results using several individual compounds. Two strong herbicidal compoundstrans-pinocarveol and휶-terpineolwere screened out using the strategy. The strong herbicidal activity of trans-pinocarveol was discovered for the first time.
CONCLUSION: The established strategy of screening herbicidal compounds from natural resources is simple, feasible and reliable.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 917-927 |
| Number of pages | 11 |
| Journal | Pest Management Science |
| Volume | 76 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| Early online date | 24 Jul 2019 |
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| Publication status | Published - Mar 2020 |