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Crop Protection Chemicals Industry Recovering Substantially Post Covid

The chemical industry invests much in the production of compounds to protect agricultural crops. Many crops would suffer significant losses if they were not present. Some of these compounds, the insecticides, are also very helpful in preventing human and animal diseases. Over the previous six decades, these compounds' environmental and toxicological qualities have vastly improved. The goal of research is to create compounds that are not only potent, but also specific for the task at hand, while causing no harm to the environment. Because pests may acquire resistance to crop protection agents, new products must be created on a regular basis. Since then, crop protection chemistry has progressed significantly. To reduce the influence on non-target organisms, modern products are engineered to be highly selective in their activity. Selective action, for example, allows for the control of fungi that grow on plants without harming the plants themselves, or the management of a variety of w