Chemistry: Graduate Lecture Series: (DD2) Agrochemical Discovery

DRUG DISCOVERY (DD) (I)

(DD2) Agrochemical Discovery

Course presented by Dr Steve Smith (Syngenta)

As the world population continues to grow, so does the need to increase global food production sustainably with limited resources. Agrochemicals, in the form of herbicides, fungicides and insecticides, provide an important tool for farmers to combat the weeds, fungi and insect pests that target their crops and help to ensure reliable yields and quality produce. Resistance, emerging pests, abiotic stress and regulatory pressure all drive an ongoing search for new and more innovative crop protection products. This lecture will outline the process used to discover new agrochemicals, from lead generation through to development. It will show the critical roles that chemistry, biology and human & environmental safety play, illustrated with a number of recent examples.

Postgraduates in the Department of Chemistry

Lecture

1 hour