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Label & SDS

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Registration information

  • U.S. EPA Registration number: 5481-420
  • U.S. EPA Status: CANCELLED

Description

'Amvac Metam' is a fungicide and nematicide, herbicide terrestrial, insecticide, miticide, and soil fumigant. Its Federal EPA registration number is: 5481-420. It was originally approved by EPA on 11 Jun 1990. Its registration got cancelled on 03 Jun 2015. It has a 'Danger' signal word. It has the following active ingredients: Metam-sodium. It's approved for 122 sites including agricultural crops, alfalfa, almonds, apples, apricots, ash, asparagus, barley, beans, and beets. It is also approved for 27 pests and pest groups including but not limited to amaranths, annual bluegrass, bermudagrass, chickweed, club root, dandelion, dutch elm disease, garden centipede, henbit, and johnsongrass.

Original registration date:

  • 11 Jun 1990

Cancellation date:

  • 03 Jun 2015

Alternative names:

  • AMVAC METAMActive

Registrant:

  • AMVAC CHEMICAL CORPORATION
  • Address:
    4695 Macarthur Court, Suite 1200
    Newport Beach, CA 92660

Active ingredients:

  • Metam-sodium 32.7%
  • Other ingredients 67.3%

Signal word:

  • Danger

Product type:

  • Fungicide And Nematicide
  • Herbicide Terrestrial
  • Insecticide
  • Miticide
  • Soil Fumigant

Formulation:

  • Soluble Concentrate

Registered target pests:

  • Amaranths (preemergence)
  • Annual bluegrass (preemergence)
  • Bermudagrass (preemergence)
  • Chickweed (preemergence)
  • Club root (plasmodiophora)
  • Dandelion (preemergence)
  • Dutch elm disease (ceratocystis/graphium ulmi)
  • Garden centipede
  • Henbit (preemergence)
  • Johnsongrass (preemergence)
  • Lambsquarters (preemergence)
  • Nematodes
  • Nutgrass (preemergence)
  • Oak root fungus
  • Oak wilt (ceratocystis fagacearum)
  • Pigweed (preemergence)
  • Purslane (preemergence)
  • Ragweed (preemergence)
  • Soilborne diseases (phytophthora)
  • Soilborne diseases (pythium)
  • Soilborne diseases (rhizoctonia)
  • Soilborne diseases (sclerotinia)
  • Soilborne diseases (verticillium)
  • Symphylans
  • Watergrass (preemergence)
  • Weeds (preemergence)
  • Wild morningglory (preemergence)

Registered target sites:

  • Agricultural crops (soil fumigation)
  • Alfalfa (soil fumigation)
  • Almonds (soil fumigation)
  • Apples (soil fumigation)
  • Apricots (soil fumigation)
  • Ash (nursery)
  • Asparagus (soil fumigation)
  • Barley (soil fumigation)
  • Beans (lima) (soil fumigation)
  • Beans (soil fumigation)
  • Beets (garden) (soil fumigation)
  • Beets (soil fumigation)
  • Berry plantings (soil fumigation)
  • Blackberries (soil fumigation)
  • Blueberries (soil fumigation)
  • Boysenberries (soil fumigation)
  • Brazil nut (soil fumigation)
  • Broccoli (soil fumigation)
  • Brussels sprouts (soil fumigation)
  • Cabbage (soil fumigation)
  • Cantaloupes (soil fumigation)
  • Carrots (soil fumigation)
  • Casaba melons (soil fumigation)
  • Cashews (soil fumigation)
  • Cauliflower (soil fumigation)
  • Celery (soil fumigation)
  • Cherries (soil fumigation)
  • Chestnuts (soil fumigation)
  • Chinese greens (soil fumigation)
  • Chinese spinach (soil fumigation)
  • Chrysanthemum (soil fumigation)
  • Citron (citrus) (soil fumigation)
  • Collards (soil fumigation)
  • Corn (soil fumigation)
  • Cotton (soil fumigation)
  • Cranberries (soil fumigation)
  • Crenshaw melons (soil fumigation)
  • Cucumbers (soil fumigation)
  • Currants (soil fumigation)
  • Dewberries (soil fumigation)
  • Dill (soil fumigation)
  • Dogwood (nursery)
  • Eggplant (soil fumigation)
  • Endive (escarole) (soil fumigation)
  • English walnuts (soil fumigation)
  • Fennel (florence) (soil fumigation)
  • Fiber crops (unspecified) (soil fumigation)
  • Filberts (soil fumigation)
  • Forest trees (seedlings)
  • Garlic (soil fumigation)
  • Ginger (soil fumigation)
  • Gooseberries (soil fumigation)
  • Gourds (soil fumigation)
  • Grapefruit (soil fumigation)
  • Grapes (soil fumigation)
  • Hickory nuts (soil fumigation)
  • Honey ball melons (soil fumigation)
  • Honeydew melons (soil fumigation)
  • Huckleberries (soil fumigation)
  • Irrigation supply systems
  • Kale (soil fumigation)
  • Kohlrabi (soil fumigation)
  • Kumquat (soil fumigation)
  • Leeks (soil fumigation)
  • Lemons (soil fumigation)
  • Lettuce (soil fumigation)
  • Limes (soil fumigation)
  • Loganberries (soil fumigation)
  • Mango melons (soil fumigation)
  • Mangos (soil fumigation)
  • Maple (nursery)
  • Melons (soil fumigation)
  • Mint (soil fumigation)
  • Muskmelons (soil fumigation)
  • Nectarines (soil fumigation)
  • Nut crops (soil fumigation)
  • Nut trees (soil fumigation)
  • Onions (soil fumigation)
  • Oranges (soil fumigation)
  • Ornamental lawns (seed bed)
  • Ornamental plants (soil fumigation)
  • Ornamental trees (soil fumigation)
  • Ornamental turf (golf courses) (soil fumigation)
  • Ornamental turf (soil fumigation)
  • Peaches (soil fumigation)
  • Peanuts (soil fumigation)
  • Pears (soil fumigation)
  • Peas (soil fumigation)
  • Pecans (soil fumigation)
  • Peppers (soil fumigation)
  • Persian melons (soil fumigation)
  • Pistachio nuts (soil fumigation)
  • Plant beds (soil fumigation)
  • Plums (soil fumigation)
  • Potatoes (soil fumigation)
  • Potting soil (soil fumigation)
  • Prunes (soil fumigation)
  • Pumpkin (soil fumigation)
  • Quinces (soil fumigation)
  • Radishes (soil fumigation)
  • Raspberries (soil fumigation)
  • Roses (nursery stock)
  • Rye (soil fumigation)
  • Seed beds (soil fumigation)
  • Soybeans (soil fumigation)
  • Spinach (soil fumigation)
  • Squash (soil fumigation)
  • Squash (summer) (soil fumigation)
  • Squash (winter) (soil fumigation)
  • Sugar beets (soil fumigation)
  • Sweet potatoes (soil fumigation)
  • Swiss chard (soil fumigation)
  • Tangelos (soil fumigation)
  • Tangerines (soil fumigation)
  • Tobacco (soil fumigation)
  • Tomatoes (soil fumigation)
  • Turnips (soil fumigation)
  • Walnuts (soil fumigation)
  • Watermelon (soil fumigation)
  • Wheat (soil fumigation)
  • Yams (soil fumigation treatment)
  • Youngberries (soil fumigation)