Plant protection products (or crop protection products)

Pesticides are classified into six main groups: fungicides and bactericides (F); herbicides, haulm destructors and moss killers (H); insecticides and acaricides (I); molluscicides (M); plant growth regulators (PGR); other plant protection products (ZR). The first chart com-bines the last of these main groups into the category ‘Other’. Crop protection products are predominantly chemical, particularly those used for weed control (with active substances such as glyphosate and metamitron). Fungicides and insecticides are increasingly often microbiological, such as Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. Aizawai, which is used as an insecti-cide.

The terms pesticide and plant protection product are often used interchangeably. Strictly speaking, however, biocides are also pesticides. The use of organic pest control - live inver-tebrates, such as predatory mites and parasitic wasps, for instance - is not covered by plant protection products.