noun
- A fungicide containing ferric dimethyldithiocarbamate, used to control fungal diseases in crops and plants.
Usage: technical; agriculture
Examples
- Farmers applied ferbam to their apple orchards to prevent scab disease.
- The agricultural extension office recommended ferbam for controlling early blight on tomato plants.
- Ferbam is one of several dithiocarbamate fungicides available to commercial growers.
- The label instructions specified the proper dilution rate for ferbam application.