Abstract

AbstractWhile the parts played by synthesis chemists, biologists and toxicologists in the discovery and development of fungicides are well established, the role of the biochemist is generally less well appreciated. Biochemistry does, however, have an important contribution to make, the principal activities being: mode of action studies; generation of data on the intrinsic activities of molecules; biorational design of novel inhibitors; fungicide resistance; and molecular biology and its applications. The background to each of these areas and relevance to fungicide discovery and development are described. Examples from studies on ergosterol biosynthesis inhibitors are used to illustrate the discussion.

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