LUDWIG MAIER, GUENTER RIST* AND PETER J. LEA** Ciba-Geigy Ltd., Agricultural Division and *Physical Science Center, Basel, Switzerland. ** Rothamsted Experimental Station, Harpenden, Great Britain. ... Abstract The synthesis and properties of phosphinothricin derivatives which have different alkyl groups attached to phosphorus or bear a substituent on the nitrogen are described and their biological activities discussed. ... It has been known for more than ...