Posted by
Limin Chemical on Monday, May 25, 2009 11:35:46 PM
Agrochemical (or agrichemical), a contraction of
agricultural chemical, is a generic term for the various chemical products used
in agriculture. In most cases, agrichemical refers to the broad range of
pesticides, including insecticides, herbicides, and bulk fungicides. It may also
include synthetic fertilizers, hormones and other chemical growth agents, and
concentrated stores of raw animal manure.
With the development,the agricultural industry has changed over the
last 10 years.It used to be focused on increasing the world food supply.
But
now it also focuses on the quality of the food supply, for example, the healthy
oils program promoting high-oleic, no-trans-fats oils.
Companies in the
sector are now counting on R&D to keep their pipelines of new products
well-filled because, just as for drug companies, a full pipeline is key to the
health and growth of the agchem
industry.
Though it works more like pharmaceutical industry,there is
diference.Such as:
"We can test directly for the effect we want. We can test
immediately on plants, fungi, and insects in agchem
industry£¬but we can't do that in pharma."