 Known as ziram in agriculture, it was introduced in the United States in 1960 as a broad-spectrum fungicide.It was used to address scab on apples and pears, leaf curl in peaches, and anthracnose and blight in tomatoes.In 1981, additional uses for ziram were approved, including the prevention of leaf blight and scab on almonds, shot-hole in apricots, brown rot and leaf spot in cherries, and scab and anthracnose in pecans.