Metam

Status: Commercial
Sales (2023 $m): 158
Sector: Others
Class: Fumigant
Mode of Action: Miscellaneous non-specific (multi-site) inhibitors (methyl isothicyanate generators)

Key Marketing Companies: Agro Kanesho, Taminco
Developer: Stauffer
Year Of Introduction: 1956

Main Crops: Potato, F&V, Plantations
Timing: Fumigant
EU Approval Status: Approved, expires: 11/30/25

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