Use
Ferbam is a carbamate fungicide. It is a stable, black powder and combustible and gives off irritating or toxic fumes (or gases) in a fire. Ferbam is incompatible with strong oxidants. It is used for foliar protectant against scab, rust, mould, and many fungal diseases on fruits, vegetables, melons, and ornamentals. Also, it works as a repellent towards Japanese beetles. The major uses of ferbam are in the control of apple scab and cedar apple rust, peach leaf curl, tobacco blue mould, and cranberry diseases. Ferbam is a broad-spectrum registered fungicide for the control of certain diseases in fruit trees, small fruit and berry crops, potatoes, ornamentals, conifers, and tobacco and for use on citrus, pome, stone fruits, and cranberries. Major areas of use include Florida, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and other countries. Ferbam is used as water-dispersible granule, 76WG.