Zineb
Action/Use:
- Fungicide
Use:
Used on a variety of fruits and vegetables. Zineb also results from combining nabam (or diammonium or potassium ammonium analogs) with zinc sulfate in the spray tank.
Identification
Common Name(s): Zineb (BSI, ISOE, JMAF); ; Zinèbe (ISOF)
Chemistry
Properties: Light colored powder, practically odorless. Decomposes before melting. Terminal stability (40°C), 1-5% degradation after 1 month. Density (20°C), approx. 1.74. Practically insoluble in most organic solvents, slightly soluble in pyridine.
Registration
Outside U.S.A.: Flonex Z* 400.
Environmental Guidelines
Water Solubility: Practically insoluble
Hazards: Bee: Nontoxic
Safety Guidelines
Signal Word: CAUTION
Toxicity Class: III
Toxicity: Tech (Rat): Oral LD50 >5200 mg/kg. Dermal >10,000 mg/kg
Handling/storage Cautions: Store in well-aired, fresh (<30°C), dry area away from dwellings, animal shelters, and stored food
Suppliers and Branded Products
Basic Producers:
Bayer CropScience (Cuprothex*, Super Mixy*)
Hubei Sanonda Co., Ltd. (Sanozi*)
Indofil Industries Limited (Indofil* Z-78)
Shanghai Agro-Chemical Industry Co., Ltd. (Dai Sen Xin*)
Formulators' Trade Names:
Chemiplant S.A. (Azzurro*, Bianco*)
Forward International Ltd. (Zinforce*)
ISAGRO S.p.A. (Aspor*)
Multiplex Fertilizers Pvt. Ltd. (Nageb*)
B.V. Industrie- & Handelsonderneming Simonis (Wopro-zineb*)
Premix Products:
+ Copper Oxychloride
- Cuprosan* — Bayer CropScience
- Selfat* — VAPCO, Veterinary & Agricultural Products Mfg. Co. Ltd.
- Vizincop* — Vietnam Pesticide Joint Stock Co. (VIPESCO)
- Zina* — Agro Chemicals Industries Ltd. (ACI)
+ Hexaconazole
- Avtar* — Indofil Industries Limited
+ Maneb
- Tricuproxi* — Aragonesas Agro, S.A.
+ Sulfur
- Vizines* — Vietnam Pesticide Joint Stock Co. (VIPESCO)
Discontinued Names:
Chem Zineb*
Chimac* Zin
Cumene*
Devizeb*
Dipher*
Discon-Z*
Dithane* Z-78
Ditiamino*
Fitodith*
Galben* A
Galben* Z
Laincobre*
Lonacol*
Mancozan*
Miltox*
Polyram* Z
Sperlox*
Tairel* Z
Tanazon*
Tiazin*
Tiezene*
Tricuzin*
Tritoftorol*
Woprozin*
Zidan*
Zinflow*
Zinosan*
Zinsol*
