Crop protection industry

ECPA is the pan-European voice of the crop protection industry. The membership includes both national associations and companies throughout Europe, including Centrol and Eastern Europe. In addition to traditional crop protection products such as herbicides, fungicides and insecticides, our members also provide biopesticides and genetically modified crops. 

GCPF is the recognized worldwide representative of the Crop Protection Industry. Its network comprises six Regional Associations Africa/Middle-East, Asia-Pacific, Europe, Japan, Latin America and North America. GCPF promotes understanding of the Crop Protection Industry s contribution to society and to co-ordinate the membership network of member associations. 

The Latin America Crop Protection Association (LACPA), represents the Crop Protection Industry through nineteen national associations in Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Pern, Uruguay, and Venezuela. 

Provides a coordinated crop protection industry response to the development of resistance in insect and mite pests. During the last decade, IRAC has formed several international working gi oups to provide practical solutions to mite and insect resistance problems within major crops and pesticide groups. 

Surface-catalyzed degradation of pesticides has been examined in the context of research on contaminant-clay interactions. Such interactions were observed initially when clay minerals were used as carriers and diluents in the crop protection industry (Fowker et al. 1960). Later specific studies on the persistence of potential organic contaminants in the subsurface defined the mechanism of clay-induced transformation of organophosphate insecticides (Saltzman et al. 1974 Mingelgrin and Saltzman 1977) and s-triazine herbicides (Brown and White 1969). In both cases, contaminant degradation was attributed to the surface acidity of clay minerals, controlled by the hydration status of the system. 

Dr Leonard Copping has been involved in the crop protection industry for over twenty years, working in discovery research for Boots. FBC/Schering and Dow/DowElanco. He Is now a consultant to the industry, is editor of The Royal Society of Chemistry s Focus on Biopesticldesf3lus. and of the book Crop Protection Agents from Nature. 

The Africa/Middle-East Working Group represents Crop Protection Industry Associations in Cameroun, Cote d Ivoire, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Israel, Lebanon, Morocco and Syria. 

The Crop Protection Association is the voice of the crop protection industry in the United Kingdom. 

Let us now look at how the crop protection industry has developed to the shape it is today. 

Millemiium Essay Crop Protection Industry, Retooling For a New Tomorrow. Pesticide Outlook, , 4 (February 2000). 

Thus, an array of bioactive compounds, often derived directly from the pharmaceutical and crop protection industries, are used antibacterials, anticoccidials, miticides, nematicides, parasiticides (for control of both internal and external parasites), and insecticides. In addition, other specialty chemicals, such as growth-regulating, estrous-synchronizing, and nutrient-repartitioning agents, are in use and are being considered for use in animal production. 

Each of the main Sections, Herbicides , Fungicides , and Insecticides , is introduced by a contribution of authors of the respective Resistance Committee, reflecting the common responsibilities of the crop protection industry for maintaining the efficacy of marketed crop protection compounds and supporting sustainable agriculture and improved public health. 

Widespread use of commercial fimgicides for powdery mildew control has generally been accompanied widi the onset of resistance or reduced pathogen sensitivity. In an on-going effort to combat this problem, the crop protection industry remains committed to finding new products with novel modes-of-action for the mmicetplace. 

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