Amidine Compound for Broad-Spectrum Plant Disease Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current plant disease control agents are not effective in providing a comprehensive solution for controlling a wide range of plant diseases, leading to suboptimal crop protection and yield losses.
Innovation Solution
Development of an amidine compound with a specific chemical structure, which can be used as a plant disease controlling agent, applied to plants or soil to effectively manage various plant diseases.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If existing plant disease control agents are used, then some diseases can be controlled, but they cannot provide comprehensive control against a wide range of plant diseases
Solution Approach 1:
The amidine compound of formula (1) is designed with a versatile molecular structure that enables it to control multiple types of plant diseases simultaneously. The compound demonstrates broad-spectrum activity against various pathogens including fungi, bacteria, and viruses, making a single agent capable of performing multiple disease control functions that previously required multiple different agents
2Ease of operation
If current plant disease control agents are used, then application is simple, but control effect is suboptimal leading to yield losses
Solution Approach 1:
The amidine compound features specific molecular parameters including variable substituent groups (R1-R11) that can be optimized to enhance biological activity. The compound's structural parameters such as the amidine core with specific alkyl and halogen substitutions are tuned to improve efficacy against plant pathogens while maintaining ease of application through standard agricultural practices
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AI summary
An amidine compound represented by formula (1)wherein R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 are the same or different and represent a C1 to C5 alkyl group optionally having one or more halogen atoms or the like; R6 and R7 are a hydrogen atom or the like; R8 and R9 are the same or different and represent a C1 to C3 alkyl group optionally having one or more halogen atoms or the like; and R10 and R11 are the same or different and represent a C1 to C6 alkyl group optionally having one or more halogen atoms or the like,has an excellent control effect on plant diseases.