Pesticide Residues in Vegetable and Fruits

Bhandari Ranu¹

Section:Research Paper, Product Type: Isroset-Conference
Vol.2 , Issue.1 , pp.11-17, Dec-2015

Online published on Jan 05, 2015

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Abstract :
Vegetable samples of brinjal, okra, green chilli, cabbage, cauliflower, tomato and capsicum from farmers'; field, Fruit samples like Banana, Pomegranate, Sweet Orange, Guava, and Grapes were collected from Market in Indore and were tested for the presence of organochlorine (OC), organophosphorus (OP) and synthetic parathyroid (SP) compounds using a gas chromatograph equipped with electron capture and Thermo sensitive detectors.Of the samples tested, 36.60 % were found to have pesticide residues. Among the OC compounds, α-endosulfan, β-endosulfan, were detected in 3.33 % of the samples with residues. These were taken from Cabbage and Brinjal samples. SP compound residues such deltamethrin were detected in 1.66 % of the samples with residues.OP compound residues such as chlorpyrifos, profenofos, ethion, dimethoate, Malathion, Quinalphos and methyl parathion were found in 22 % of the samples with residues, which were taken from all vegetable and fruit samples.15.3 % were found to contain residues exceeding the prescribed maximum residue limit. The average pesticide residue content across all the vegetable samples was 0.03 ppm, with values ranging from 0.03 to 1.18 ppm. Multiple residues of more than one compound were detected in 13.33 % of samples containing residues.

Key-Words / Index Term :
Pesticide residues, vegetables, fruits

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