ICAR-All India Network Project (AINP) on Pesticide Residues, Unit-9, Anand Agricultural University, Anand, 388110, Gujarat, India
*Corresponding author E-mail: nirmal83@aau.in
Online published on 11 July, 2018.
The persistence of spiromesifen in/on cucumber, Cucumis sativas under field condition is reported. The initial deposits in/on cucumber fruits after two applications@ 96 and 192 g a.i. ha−1 were 0.47 and 0.79 mg kg−1 respectively which declined and reached below determination level on the 10th d at both the doses of application. The half-lives of spiromesifen in cucumber were found to be 5.6 and 4.8 d at the standard and the double doses, respectively.
Spiromesifen, cucumber, dissipation
