Discusses a new and promising class of herbicides.
Contents: J. Stetter: Introduction.- J.V. Schloss: Recent Advances in Understanding the Mechanism and Inhibition of Acetolactate Synthase.- S. McGee, J.V. Hay: Recent Developments in the Chemistry of Sulfonylurea Herbicides.- H.M. Brown, J.C. Cotterman: Recent Advances in Sulfonylurea Herbicides.- D.W. Ladner: Recent Studies of Imidazolinone Herbicides and Related Compounds.- W.A. Kleschick: Triazolopyrimidine Sulfonanilide Herbicides and Related Compounds.- B.C. Gerwick, G.J. DeBoer, P.R. Schmitzer: Mechanisms of Tolerance to Triazolopyrimidine Sulfonanilide Herbicides.- M.W. Drewes: Salicylic Acids and Related Structures.- F. Lieb, U.C. Philipp: Miscellaneous Structures.