The fate of mancozeb, one of commonly used EBDC fungicide during baking in brinjals was investigated. Brinjal fruits were treated with 1.81 mg Dithane M-45 and 1.09 μCi 14C-mancozeb each in the field and were plucked after 15 days and baked. Before baking, the brinjals contained 5.16 μg mancozeb/gm brinjal (Fresh weight) and this was about 30.8 per cent of the amount applied. When these fruits were baked, the percentage content of mancozeb declined to 11.9. In case of the fruits baked after washing with running tap water furher decline of 23 percent of the original amount of the mancozeb applied was observed. Similar results were obtained when the experiment was repeated after one year. Of the various metabolites detected ethylene thiourea (ETU) was the major one. However, on baking the amount of ETU decreased to 85 ng/gm from 115.9 Mg/gm brinjal on fresh weight basis.
