Pesticide Research Journal
SCOPUSWeb of Science
  • Year: 1991
  • Volume: 3
  • Issue: 2

Endosulfan Residues in/on Tomato and Brinjal Fruits

  • Author:
  • M. F. Raj, P. G. Shah, B. K. Patel, J. R. Patel
  • Total Page Count: 4
  • Page Number: 135 to 138

**B.A. College of Agriculture, Anand, 388 100.

AICRP on Pesticide Residues, Gujarat Agricultural University, Anand, 388 110, India

*Address for correspondence: Dr. B.K. Patel, Senior Biochemist (Tobacco), Bidi Tobacco Research Station, Gujarat Agricultural University, Anand Campus, Anand - 388 110 (Gujarat)

Online published on 15 December, 2011.

Abstract

Waiting period of endosulfan was worked out for tomato and brinjal fruits at Anand, middle Gujarat under field condition by spraying 35 EC 0.07%. The initial deposit of 9.42 and 4.44 μg g−1 reached below the tolerance limit of 2.0 μg g−1 for both tomato and brinjal fruits, in 7 and 1 days’ respectively. The half-life values for tomato and brinjal fruits were 3.6 and 1.9 days, respectively.