The industry generally divides by product lines into herbicides (51%), pesticides (25%),
fungicides (20%) and others (4%). 

Our products protect yields and improve quality by controlling weeds, diseases or insects. 
These products can be applied to the plant or to the soil, and certain fungicides and insecticides
can also be used as seed treatments. Herbicides are applied either before the crop grows out of 
the soil (pre-emergence) or after the crop has emerged from the soil (post-emergence). 

Herbicides 
Herbicides prevent or reduce weeds, which compete for light and nutrients with the crop and 
interfere with mechanical harvest. They replace or reduce mechanical weeding, thus helping to 
reduce soil erosion and water loss. Herbicides can be divided into two categories:-
Non-selective herbicides, which stop the growth of all plants.
Selective herbicides, which are crop-specific and control weeds without harming the crop.
The largest crop herbicide markets are in cereals (wheat, barley and rice), corn, oilseeds (soybean, oilseed rape and sunflower), fruit and vegetables, cotton and sugarbeet.

Fungicides 
Fungicides prevent and cure fungal plant diseases which affect crop yields and quality. The fungicide market is mainly for wheat in Europe and rice in Asia Pacific. The fruit and vegetable fungicide market is distributed more evenly across the different regions of the world. 

Insecticides 
Insecticides are used to control insect pests which reduce crop yields and quality. In addition to their use in agriculture, insecticides play an important role in public health programs to control diseases such as malaria, particularly in the developing world. The largest insecticide markets are fruit and vegetables, cotton, rice and corn. Control of pests is essential to achieve the yield and quality demanded by growers and consumers. Our products are ideally suited to meet this need on a global crop basis.