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Benzoylaryl Ureas: Insecticidal Compounds Interfering with Chitin Synthesis

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The development of selective crop protection products based on the interference with chitin biosynthesis in fungi and insects has been one of the aims in pesticide design for several decades. A major development in this field was the discovery of the mode of action of the fungicidal antibiotic polyoxin D by Japanese scientists1 in the period 1968–1970. In the same period, Dutch scientists at Duphar B.V. discovered the insecticidal activity of the benzoylphenylureas.

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  1. Crop Protection Division DUPHAR B.V, Biochemistry and Synthesis Departments, ’s-Graveland, The Netherlands

    A. G. M. Willems, M. S. Brouwer & B. Jongsma

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Willems, A.G.M., Brouwer, M.S., Jongsma, B. (1986). Benzoylaryl Ureas: Insecticidal Compounds Interfering with Chitin Synthesis. In: Muzzarelli, R., Jeuniaux, C., Gooday, G.W. (eds) Chitin in Nature and Technology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-2167-5_17

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