A Novel AHAS-Inhibiting Herbicide Candidate for Controlling Leptochloa chinensis: A Devastating Weedy Grass in Rice Fields

Y Chen, Y Yan, J Chen, B Zheng, Y Jiang… - Journal of Agricultural …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Given the prevalence of the malignant weed Chinese Sprangletop (Leptochloa chinensis
(L.) Nees) in rice fields, the development of novel herbicides against this weed has aroused …

Gold nanoclusters-based fluorescence sensor array for herbicides qualitative and quantitative analysis

J Zhang, H Hu, J Wang, K Lu, Y Zhou, L Zhao… - Analytica Chimica …, 2024 - Elsevier
Herbicides have been extensively used around the world, which poses a potential hazard to
humans and wildlife. Accurate detection of herbicides is crucial for the environment and …

Enzymatic Degradation toward Herbicides: The Case of the Sulfonylureas

M Zheng, Y Li, Q Zhang, W Wang - Environmental Science & …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Commercial herbicides, particularly sulfonylureas, are used worldwide and pose a
significant challenge to environmental sustainability. The efficient degradation of …

Chemical Synthesis, Herbicidal Activity, Crop Safety, and Molecular Basis of ortho-Fluoroalkoxy Substituted Sulfonylureas as Novel Acetohydroxyacid Synthase …

Q Xu, Y Gao, Z Sun, JR Shi, JY Tang… - Journal of Agricultural …, 2024 - ACS Publications
In the face of increasing resistance to the currently used commercial herbicides and the lack
of success in identifying new herbicide targets, alternative herbicides need to be developed …

Crystal Structures of Arabidopsis thaliana Acetohydroxyacid Synthase in Complex with the Herbicide Triasulfuron and Two Analogues with Herbicidal Activity in Field …

Y Cheng, Y Wang, T Lonhienne, JG Wang… - Journal of Agricultural …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Triasulfuron is a commercial herbicide of the sulfonylurea family. This compound targets
acetohydroxyacid synthase (AHAS, EC 2.2. 1.6), the first enzyme in the branched chain …

[HTML][HTML] Discovery of a New Class of Lipophilic Pyrimidine-Biphenyl Herbicides Using an Integrated Experimental-Computational Approach

Y Yan, Y Chen, H Hu, Y Jiang, Z Kang, J Wu - Molecules, 2024 - mdpi.com
Herbicides are useful tools for managing weeds and promoting food production and
sustainable agriculture. In this study, we report on the development of a novel class of …

Assessing the Environmental Risks of Sulfonylurea Pollutants: Insights into the Risk Priority Ranking and Structure-Toxicity Relationships Explorations

W Peng, ZC He, T Zhang, XF Lu, F Ding - Available at SSRN 4852879 - papers.ssrn.com
Sulfonylurea herbicides are the most widely used agrochemicals in the world, but the health
risks of the pollutants are still unclear. This story used fuzzy clustering analysis to rank 44 …

Structural basis of resistance to herbicides that target acetohydroxyacid synthase

Y Cheng, T Lonhienne, M Garcia, SH Hu… - … Section A Foundations …, 2023 - academia.edu
Acetohydroxyacid synthase (AHAS) is the target for more than 50 commercial herbicides,
first applied to crops in the 1980s. Since then, 197 site-of-action resistance isolates have …