Abstract:The agrochemical business places a high priority on the development of ecologically friendly pesticides for sustainable agriculture. The main hurdles in developing new pesticides are identifying novel active ingredients and optimising the delivery system of a pesticide are the main challenges in developing new pesticides. Currently, it appears that the use of renewable resources, particularly plant oils as pyrolyzed bio-oil has the potential to replace the traditional petroleum-based solvents in liquid pestici… Show more
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