Crop protection chemicals are the chemicals used for protecting crops from pests and diseases. They compete with different types of weeds, nematodes and plant-eating insects. Crop protection chemicals provide farmers with a cost-effective method of enhancing their crop's yield and quality. They also make harvesting more straightforward and maintain consistent results from year to year. The main categories of crop protection chemicals are herbicides, insecticides and fungicides. Selective herbicides, for example, control the growth of weeds that would otherwise grow among a crop, competing with it for water, nutrients and sunlight. Without crop protection chemicals, agriculture would be less efficient. Some of the prominent companies operating in crop protection chemicals are: 1. UPL Limited 2. Adama Ltd. 3. Basf SE 4. Bayer AG 5. Dow Agro Science 6. FMC Corporation 7. Huapont Life Sciences 8. Nufarm 9. Sumitomo Chemicals 10. Syngenta AG