ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Survey of Residual Pesticides in Various Fresh
Fruit Crops: A Case Study
Afzal Qamar1, Rafiq Asi2, Munawar Iqbal3, Arif Nazir3, Khalid Arif4
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1Department of Chemistry, Govt. Postgraduate College Sammanabad, Faisalabad-Pakistan
2National Institute of Agriculture Biology (NIAB), Faisalabad-Pakistan
3Department of Chemistry, University of Lahore, Lahore-Pakistan
4Department of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Lahore, Lahore-Pakistan
Submission date: 2017-03-18
Final revision date: 2017-05-15
Acceptance date: 2017-05-15
Online publication date: 2017-10-10
Publication date: 2017-11-07
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2017;26(6):2703-2709
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An in-vitro study was conducted to estimate the pesticidal residues in five types of fruits; melon, guava, orange, peach, and mango. Organochlorine, organophosphate, carbamates, and pyrethroids, along with other insecticidal residues, were detected. The collection of samples was carried out from farmland located in the indigenous soil of Faisalabad and Toba Tek Singh. The residual pesticides were extracted by single-phase extraction and then purified by the gel permeation chromatographic technique. The extracted residues were isolated and quantified by HPTLC method. The detected residues were in the range of 0.1-0.3 mg kg-1. The study demonstrated a high risk of ongoing contamination posed by uncontrolled applications of pesticides, which are needed to be overcome on the lines of sustainable management measures.
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The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
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