soil sterilant

A soil sterilant is a chemical that temporarily or permanently prevents the growth of all plants and animals, depending on the chemical.

Dazomet is used as a soil sterilant on a variety of sites such as golf courses, nurseries, turf sites, and potting soils.

Several of these Codex MRL exceedences were following the use of methyl bromide, a soil sterilant.

Until its production and use was curtailed by the Montreal Protocol, bromomethane was widely applied as a soil sterilant, mainly for production of seed but also for some crops such as strawberries and almonds.