The relentless need for the discovery and development of new agrochemicals continues due to driving forces such as loss of existing products through the development of resistance, the necessity for products with more favorable environmental and toxicological profiles, shifting pest spectra, and the changing agricultural needs and practices of the farming community. These new challenges underscore the demand for novel, high quality starting points to accelerate the discovery of new agrochemicals that address market challenges. This talk will discuss the efforts to identify the optimum ranges of physicochemical properties of agrochemicals through analysis of modern commercial products. Specifically, we will review literature studies examining physicochemical property effects and analyze the properties typical of successful fungicides, herbicides, and insecticides (chewing and sap-feeding pests). This analysis delivers a new set of physicochemical property guidelines for each discipline, as well as a building block classes. These new guidelines should aid in the discovery of next generation agrochemicals.

Physicochemical property guidelines for modern agrochemicals

256th National Meeting (2018)

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