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Lipid Synthesis

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Target Sites for Herbicide Action

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Abstract

Plant lipids can be divided into major groups along structural lines. The main membrane components are phosphoglycerides and glycosylglycerides while sterols, carotenoids, and sphingolipids are present in certain membranes in much smaller amounts. The surface layers of different plant tissues consist of complex mixtures of molecules which include many lipids which contribute to the wax, cutin, or suberin structures. Finally, the major storage lipids of plants are the triacylglycerols, with wax esters being present in some species, notably jojoba (Simmondsia chinensis L.). Herbicides are known which interfere with sterol, carotenoid, acyl lipid, and wax/cutin/suberin synthesis. The first two groups of compounds are dealt with in Chapters 5 and 4, respectively. In this chapter, consideration will be given to herbicides which inhibit fatty acid production or the further metabolism of these molecules in acyl lipids or in the generation of surface layers.

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Harwood, J.L. (1991). Lipid Synthesis. In: Kirkwood, R.C. (eds) Target Sites for Herbicide Action. Topics in Applied Chemistry. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-2433-9_3

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