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Fumigants of the Future?
by Jenan Jones Benson
Most growers have relied upon the soil fumigant methyl bromide for years. The move away from this ozone-depleting chemical, a provision of the 1987 Montreal Protocol, has many scrambling for efficient and cost-effective alternatives.
On October 5, 2007, the Environmental Protection Agency approved a one-year registration of iodomethane (methyl iodide), marketed as Midas by Arysta LifeScience. The first new soil fumigant to win EPA approval in 20 years, it is expected to be widely available.(continue) |