Monitoring of pesticide residues in apples, lettuce and potato of the Slovene origin, 2001-04 |
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Authors: | H Ba a esnik A Gregor
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Velikonja Bolta V Kmecl |
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Affiliation: |
a Agricultural Institute of Slovenia, Central Laboratories, Ljubljana, Slovenia |
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Abstract: | Apples, lettuce and potatoes (404 samples) produced in the Republic of Slovenia were analysed for pesticide residues at the Agricultural Institute of Slovenia, Ljubljana, in 2001-04. Sampling from eight agricultural production areas was performed at market producers at the harvesting of products or in storehouses after the pre-harvest interval of plant protection products used. Samples exceeding the maximum residue levels were the following: three apple samples (2.0%) containing 0.33-2.24?mg?kg-1 (phosalone and tolylfluanid), three lettuce samples (3.1%) containing 0.14-6.36?mg?kg-1 (dimethoate, dithiocarbamates and metalaxyl) and 36 potato samples (23.1%) containing 0.06-0.51?mg?kg-1 (dithiocarbamates). Residues of two or more active substances were found in 73 apple samples (48.3%), of which the maximum residue limit (MRL) was exceeded by three samples (2.0%) with the values ranging from 0.33 to 2.24?mg?kg-1, and nine lettuce samples (9.3%), for which the MRL was exceeded by three samples (3.1%) with values from 0.14 to 6.36?mg?kg-1. In potato samples, only residues of dithiocarbamates or no residues at all were found. Residues of the dithiocarbamate group were the most frequently found, i.e. in 66 apple samples (43.7%), 30 lettuce samples (30.9%) and 38 potato samples (24.4%). |
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Keywords: | Monitoring pesticides plant protection products |
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