ADVANCES IN ANALYTICAL CAPABILITYTO POWER AGROCHEMICAL PRODUCT DESIGN

摘要

The rapid growth in global population exerts mounting pressure on farmers to grow more food. Agrochemicals, such as herbicides, fungicides and insecticides, are a key factor in improving crop yields and without them around 35% (Oerke & Dehne, 2004) of the world's food could not be produced. The widespread use of newer and more effective products since the middle of the last century has increased food security and improved standards of living around the world. To enable further improvements and meet demand, the ability to monitor the movement of active ingredients and their interactions with co-formulants in planta would be hugely advantageous.