2009 OTHER PESTICIDE
UPDATE
■ Manufacturer: Arysta LifeScience
Brand Name: Midas Soil Fumigant (Label Change—EPA renewal with no time limitations)
Active Ingredient: Iodomethane
Crop Designation: Vegetables—peppers, fresh-market tomatoes; Citrus, Trees, Nuts and
Vines—tree and vine crops; Other—strawberries, nursery and ornamental crops.
Application Practice: Preplant.
Application Rate: Refer to label.
In October 2008, Midas Soil Fumigant received renewed EPA registration with no time limitations. Midas provides foundational control of key soil-bone diseases, weed seeds, insects and nematodes in strawberries, tomatoes and peppers, as well as many other nursery, ornamental, tree and vine crops. Midas was developed to provide growers with an efficacious fumigant replacement for methyl bromide. California and other state registrations may be pending.



