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Label & SDS

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Registration information

  • U.S. EPA Registration number: 5481-423
  • U.S. EPA Status: ACTIVE

Description

'Metam 426' is a fungicide and nematicide, herbicide terrestrial, insecticide, miticide, and soil fumigant. Its Federal EPA registration number is: 5481-423. It was originally approved by EPA on 12 Jul 1990. It has a 'Danger' signal word. It has the following active ingredients: Metam-sodium. It's approved for 115 sites including agricultural crops, alfalfa, almonds, apples, apricots, ash, asparagus, barley, beans, and beets. It is also approved for 33 pests and pest groups including but not limited to amaranths, annual bluegrass, bermudagrass, black rot, chickweed, club root, dandelion, early maturity disease, garden centipede, and henbit.

Original registration date:

  • 12 Jul 1990

Cancellation date:

  • n/a

Alternative names:

  • METAM 426Active

Registrant:

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

Active ingredients:

  • Metam-sodium 42%
  • Other ingredients 58%

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)
  • Black rot (cylindrocladium)
  • Chickweed (preemergence)
  • Club root (plasmodiophora)
  • Dandelion (preemergence)
  • Early maturity disease (verticillium dahliae)
  • Garden centipede
  • Henbit (preemergence)
  • Johnsongrass (seedling) (preemergence)
  • Lambsquarters (preemergence)
  • Nematodes
  • No pest
  • Nutgrass (preemergence)
  • Oak root fungus
  • Phytophthora spp
  • Purslane (preemergence)
  • Pythium spp.
  • Ragweed (preemergence)
  • Rhizoctonia spp.
  • Sclerotinia spp.
  • Soilborne diseases (phytophthora)
  • Soilborne diseases (pythium)
  • Soilborne diseases (rhizoctonia)
  • Soilborne diseases (sclerotinia)
  • Soilborne diseases (verticillium)
  • Soilborne plant diseases
  • Symphylans
  • Verticillium wilt
  • 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 (soil fumigation)
  • 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)
  • Chinese greens (soil fumigation)
  • Chinese spinach (soil fumigation)
  • Citron (citrus) (soil fumigation)
  • Clover (soil fumigation)
  • Collards (soil fumigation)
  • Corn (soil fumigation)
  • Cotton (soil fumigation)
  • Cranberries (soil fumigation)
  • Crenshaw melons (soil fumigation)
  • Currants (soil fumigation)
  • Dill (soil fumigation)
  • Dogwood (soil fumigation)
  • Eggplant (soil fumigation)
  • Endive (escarole) (soil fumigation)
  • English walnuts (soil fumigation)
  • Fiber crops (unspecified) (soil fumigation)
  • Filberts (soil fumigation)
  • 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 (water treatment)
  • Kale (soil fumigation)
  • Kohlrabi (soil fumigation)
  • Kumquat (soil fumigation)
  • Leeks (soil fumigation)
  • Lemons (soil fumigation)
  • Lettuce (soil fumigation)
  • Limes (soil fumigation)
  • Mangos (soil fumigation)
  • Maple (soil fumigation)
  • Melons (soil fumigation)
  • Mint (soil fumigation)
  • Muskmelons (soil fumigation)
  • Nectarines (soil fumigation)
  • Nut trees (soil fumigation)
  • Oats (soil fumigation)
  • Onions (soil fumigation)
  • Oranges (soil fumigation)
  • Ornamental plants (soil fumigation)
  • Ornamental plants (transplant beds)
  • Ornamental trees (plant bed)
  • Ornamental turf (golf courses) (soil fumigation)
  • Ornamental turf (soil fumigation)
  • Peaches (soil fumigation)
  • Peanuts (soil fumigation)
  • Pears (soil fumigation)
  • Pecans (soil fumigation)
  • Peppermint (soil fumigation)
  • Peppers (soil fumigation)
  • Persian melons (soil fumigation)
  • Pineapple (soil fumigation)
  • Pistachio nuts (soil fumigation)
  • Plums (soil fumigation)
  • Potatoes (soil fumigation)
  • Prunes (soil fumigation)
  • Pumpkin (soil fumigation)
  • Quinces (soil fumigation)
  • Radishes (soil fumigation)
  • Raspberries (soil fumigation)
  • Roses (soil fumigation)
  • Rye (soil fumigation)
  • Soybeans (soil fumigation)
  • Spinach (soil fumigation)
  • Squash (soil fumigation)
  • Squash (summer) (soil fumigation)
  • Squash (winter) (soil fumigation)
  • Strawberries (soil fumigation)
  • Sudangrass (soil fumigation)
  • Sugar beets (soil fumigation)
  • Sweet potatoes (soil fumigation)
  • Swiss chard (soil fumigation)
  • Tangelos (soil fumigation)
  • Tangerines (soil fumigation)
  • Tobacco (plant bed)
  • Tobacco (soil fumigation)
  • Tomatoes (soil fumigation)
  • Turnips (soil fumigation)
  • Vegetable crops (soil fumigation)
  • Walnuts (soil fumigation)
  • Watermelon (soil fumigation)
  • Wheat (soil fumigation)
  • Yams (soil fumigation treatment)