Phytotoxicity of Natural Molecules Derived from Cereal Crops as a Means to Increase Yield Productivity

Table 1

Potential natural herbicides and chemicals of some important crops as herbicides.

Plants	Scientific name	Active compounds	References
Rice	Oryza sativa L.	Phenolic acids, momilactone B, momilactone A, 3-hydroxybenzoic acid, 3-hydroxy-4-methoxybenzoic acid, 4-hydroxybenzoic acid, p-coumaric acid, caffeic acid, tetradecanoic acid, valeric acid, stearic acid, 2-methyl-1,4-benzenediol, 4-hydroxybenzaldehyde	[6, 78–80]
Sorghum spp.	Sorghum bicolor L.	Sorgoleone, strigol	[6, 65]
Corn	Zea mays	Corn gluten meal (MGM), maize gluten	[53, 65]
Sunflower	Helianthus annuus	Coumarins, flavonoids, heliannuol, lignans, sesquiterpenes, triterpenes, heliannuol M and A, helivypolides K and L, gallic acid, helieudesmanolide B, catechin, α-pinene, β-pinene, benzoic acid, leptocarpin, 3,4-dihydroxybenzoic, camphor, 1,8-cineole	[65, 81, 82]
Wheat	Triticum aestivum L.	Hydroxamic acids, DIBOA	[6, 65]
Oat	Avena sativa L.	Phenolic acids and scopoletin	[6, 83]
Black mustard	Brassica nigra L.	Allyl isothiocyanate	[6, 83]
Cereals	-	Hydroxamic acids, DIMBOA, TRIBOA	[6, 83]
Buckwheat	Fagopyrium esculentum L.	Fatty acids	[6, 83]