Pesticide Research Journal

SCOPUSWeb of Science
  • Year: 2014
  • Volume: 26
  • Issue: 1

Pesticide Residues in Soils under Cardamom Cultivation in Kerala, India

  • Author:
  • S Naseema Beevi, Ambily Paul, Thomas George, Thomas Biju Mathew, N Pratheesh Kumar, George Xavier, GT Pradeep Kumar, R Rajith, K Prathibha Ravi, S Visal Kumar
  • Total Page Count: 7
  • DOI:
  • Page Number: 35 to 41

All India Network Project on Pesticide Residues, Kerala Agricultural University, College of Agriculture, Vellayani-695 522, Kerala, India

Abstract

A two year study was conducted at the cardamom plantations of Idukki district, Kerala to assess the nature and extent of pesticide residues in soils. The analysis of 50 samples each collected during the years 2011 and 2012 revealed the presence of pesticides in as many as 74 and 60% samples, respectively. The pesticides detected were p,p’-DDT, p,p’- DDD, p,p’-DDE, endosulfan sulphate, alpha-endosulfan, beta-endosulfan, ethion, quinalphos, profenophos, chlorpyriphos, lambda cyhalothrin, bifenthrin, cypermethrin, imidacloprid and indoxacarb.

Keywords

Pesticide residue, soil, cardamom