?STUDY OF FRUITS AND VEGETABLES IN NWFP, ISLAMABAD AND BALOCHISTAN FOR ORGANOCHLORINE, ORGANOPHOSPHORUS AND PYRETHROID

Authors

  • S. ZAFAR MASUD Tropical Agricultural Research Institute, Pesticides Research Laboratory, PARC, Karachi University Campus, Karachi-75270, Pakistan
  • NUSRAT HASAN Tropical Agricultural Research Institute, Pesticides Research Laboratory, PARC, Karachi University Campus, Karachi-75270, Pakistan

Keywords:

Pesticide residues, Gas chromatography, Maximum residue limits.

Abstract

Samplesof fruitsandyegetablesprocuredfromthegrowers' fieldsandmainsellingpointsofNorth WestFrontier
Province, Islamabad andQuetta/Pishindistrictsof BalochistanduringDec.1990 andSep. 1992, weremonitoredforor-
ganochlorine, organophosphorus and pyrethroidpesticides.Among the300 samplesscreened, 121 samples contained
a variety of pesticides.Thirty-eight samplescontained pesticideresiduesabove maximum residue limits (MRLs)pro-
posed by FAO/WHO, while for several samples, no MRL was available for detected pesticides but high amounts of
residues were found tobe present in certain commodities.The remainingsamplesdid not contain detectable pesticide
residues.

Published

1995-03-20

How to Cite

MASUD, S. Z., & HASAN, N. (1995). ?STUDY OF FRUITS AND VEGETABLES IN NWFP, ISLAMABAD AND BALOCHISTAN FOR ORGANOCHLORINE, ORGANOPHOSPHORUS AND PYRETHROID. Biological Sciences - PJSIR, 38(2), 74–80. Retrieved from http://biostaging.pjsir.org/index.php/biological-sciences/article/view/2438

Issue

Vol. 38 No. 2 (1995): Pakistan Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research

Section

Articles