Pesticide Research Journal
SCOPUSWeb of Science
  • Year: 2002
  • Volume: 14
  • Issue: 1

Persistence of Mancozeb in Tomato

  • Author:
  • Sajal Kumar Biswas, Kaushik Banerjee, Swadesh Kumar Handa
  • Total Page Count: 3
  • Page Number: 185 to 187

Division of Agricultural Chemicals, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi-110 012, India.

Online published on 31 October, 2011.

Abstract

Persistence and dissipation of mancozeb in tomato fruits has been studied following foliar application of mancozeb 75WP at the dose of 1.5 and 3 kg a.i. ha−1. The residues reached to half of the initial deposits after 3.3 and 4.3 d at normal and double dose treatment, respectively, with safe waiting periods of 2 and 10 days.

Keywords

Persistence, dissipation, mancozeb, residues, tomato