zinebhttp://www.oed.com/dictionary/zineb_n%3Ftab%3Dmeaning_and_usezineb, n.
First published 1986; not fully revised

zinebnoun

  1. 1950–
    A white powder used as a fungicide on vegetables and fruit; Zn(·S·CS·NH·CH2·)2.
    1. 1950
      The Subcommittee on Fungicide Nomenclature of The American Phytopathological Society, cooperating with the Interdepartmental Committee on Pest Control, has selected common names for five commercially-available fungicidal chemicals... Ziram for the fungicidal chemical, zinc dimethyl dithiocarbamate... Zineb for the fungicidal chemical, zinc ethylene bisdithiocarbamate.
      Phytopathology vol. 40 118
    2. 1966
      Organic fungicides have become increasingly important since 1934... Examples are..nabam, zineb, and maneb, the sodium, zinc, and manganese salts, respectively, of ethylenebis(dithiocarbamic acid).
      McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology (revised edition) vol. V. 563/2
    3. 1981
      Zineb is an important fungicide widely used in agriculture.
      Bulletin Environmental Contamination & Toxicology vol. 27 418
    4. 1981
      The limit of detection in water solutions for zineb, ziram, and thiram was 0·05, 0·01, and 0·01 ppm, respectively.
      Journal of Agricultural & Food Chemistry vol. 29 729

zineb, n. was first published in 1986; not fully revised.

zineb, n. was last modified in December 2024.