Environmentally benign crop protection agents
Disclosed are environmentally benign crop protection compounds that interfere with the attachment of a broad range of plant pathogens to plant cells surfaces.
1 - 70 . (canceled)
71 . A method of preventing fouling on a plant surface comprising contacting the plant surface with an effective amount of an anti-fouling compound represented by general structure 1:
wherein
X represents —OH, F, Cl, or Br;
Y represents O, S, or NR;
Z represents optionally substituted alkyl, aryl, heteroaryl, or aralkyl; and
R represents independently for each occurrence hydrogen, alkyl, or aryl.
72 . The method of claim 71 , wherein X is OH or Cl.
73 . The method of claim 71 , wherein Y is O.
74 . The method of claim 71 , wherein Z is alkyl.
75 . The method of claim 71 , wherein Z is aryl.
76 . The method of claim 71 , wherein X is OH or Cl, and Y is O.
77 . The method of claim 71 , wherein X is OH or Cl, Y is O, and Z is alkyl.
78 . The method of claim 71 , wherein X is OH or Cl, Y is O, and Z is aryl.
79 . The method of claim 71 , wherein Z is methyl, n-octyl, phenyl, 4-(2-methylpropyl)phenyl, 4-(1,1-dimethylethyl)phenyl, 4-(1,1-dimethylpropyl)phenyl, 4-pentylphenyl, 4-(1-methyl-1-phenylethyl)phenyl, or 4-(1-methylheptyl)phenyl.
80 . The method of claim 71 , wherein X is OH, Y is O, and Z is methyl.
81 . The method of claim 71 , wherein X is OH, Y is O, and Z is n-octyl.
82 . The method of claim 71 , wherein X is OH, Y is O, and Z is phenyl.
83 . The method of claim 71 , wherein X is Cl, Y is O, and Z is 4-t-butylphenyl.
84 . The method of claim 71 , wherein X is Cl, Y is O, and Z is 4-t-pentylphenyl.
85 . The method of claim 71 , wherein the anti-fouling compound is dissolved or dispersed in a medium.
86 . The method of claim 85 , wherein the medium comprises an organic polymer, hydrocolloids, lipid, fat, carbohydrate, wax, inorganic oxide, or silicone polymer.
87 . The method of claim 85 , wherein the medium is an aqueous medium.
88 . The method of claim 71 , wherein contacting the surface comprises spraying, wetting, immersing, dipping, or painting the surface.
89 . The method of claim 71 , wherein the plant surface is crop surface.