Allelopathy: Bioactive Secondary Metabolites for an Eco-Friendly Agriculture [Hardcover]

Presents brief history of allelopathy and its importance in environmental health and sustainable agriculture, discussing allelopathy from a biotechnological point of view. Reviews synthetic pesticides and the environmental pollution associated with them while detailing the theme of allelopathy and agricultural sustainability.

1. Synthetic Pesticides and Environmental Pollution 2. Environmental Health: An Urgent Matter 3. Brief History of Allelopathy 4. Allelopathy Induction in Crops by Natural Selection 5. Crop Allelopathys Relationship with Herbivory 6. Main Pathways Involved in the Production of Allelochemicals 7. Plant Breeding in Allelopathy 8. Allelopathy and Green Agriculture 9. Plant-Based Anthelmintic: A New Trend to Combat Helminth Infections 10. The Role of Microorganisms in Allelopathy 11. Allelochemicals Against Phytopathogens 12. Boost in Allelopathy: A Genetic Engineering Approach 13. In Silico Approaches for Green Agriculture 14. The Allelopathic Potential of Green Propolis 15. Leucaena leucocephala: An Invasive Plant and Source of Allelochemicals in Brazil 16. Allelopathic Potential of Smilax brasiliensis Sprengel (Smilacaceae) Species 17. Allelopathic Potential of Solanum lycocarpum A. St. Hill. (Solanaceae) Species

Allelopathy is a field that can play a major role in containing environmental pollution through providing viable alternatives to synthetic pesticides and contributing to sustainable agriculture. Allelochemicals have the ability to contribute to inhibiting pest damage to crops, to promote weed control, and to help in creating a desirable plant-microbes interaction in soil that improves soil nutrition systems. This new volume provides a brief history of allelopathy and goes on to explore its importance in environmental health and sustainable agriculture, discussing allelopathy from a biotechnological point of view.