EPTC (EPTAM/GENEP)

Mode of Action: seedling growth inhibition

Specific Mode: lipid synthesis (non-ACCase) inhibitor

Chemical Family: thiocarbamate

Uptake: stem and root

Movement: systemic throughout plant

Common Application: post-emergence and pre-emergence

Weed Control: grasses and broadleaves
[For example, grasses include foxtails, sandbur, crabgrass, fall panicum, cereals and broadleaves include black, hairy and cutleaf nightshades, pigweeds, and common lambsquarter.]

Weed Stage: pre-emerged and newly emerged

Injury by EPTC

Potato Injury: Method of inhibiting lipid synthesis is not well understood. Compound causes crinkling or puckering of leaves which also appear thick and dark-green. Leaf buds may not open. Emergence is delayed and plants may be stunted. Symptoms appear one to several weeks after exposure and are similar to those by dinitroanilines except for stem brittleness. Sensitive varieties are uncommon.

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