The need to change the approach to the safe use of herbicides by developing chiral and environmentally friendly formulations: a series of enantioselective (R)- and (S)-phenylethylammonium chloroacetates

Abstract

Most of commercial chiral herbicides is used as racemic mixtures, whereas the use of their optically active forms may be more effective and environmentally safer. For this reason, it is...

A new series of acylhydrazones derived from metribuzin with modulated herbicidal activity

“…These strategies focus also on slow- or controlled-release of the active ingredient to induce prolonged effects, while minimizing bioaccumulation. A salient approach involves the use of enantiomeric formulations in the case of chiral herbicides, as single isomers often exhibit more potency and enhanced selectivity at lower doses than racemic mixtures [ [18] , [19] , [20] ].…”