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DETERMINATION OF PESTICIDE RESIDUES IN FRUITS OF NAWABSHAH DISTRICT, SINDH^*, PAKISTAN

TAHIR ANWAR¹, IMTIAZ AHMAD^2* AND SEEMA TAHIR³

Abstract: Eight fruit samples of apple, guava, orange, grapes, pear, persimmon, banana and pear purchased from the local markets of Nawabshah district, Sindh and residues of pesticide of organophosphate (OP), pyrethroid and organochlorine (OC) (i.e., dichlorvos, fenvalerate, dimethoate, methyl parathion, fenitrothion, cypermethrin, endosulfan, deltamethrin, mevinphos, chlorpyriphos, profenofos and dicofol ) were monitored in fruit samples by Gas Chromatography (GC). All the fruit samples were found contaminated except banana and among these only apple samples were found exceeding the maximum residue limits (MRL) of Codex Alimentarius Commission.

¹Pesticide Research Institute, Southern-zone Agricultural Research Center, Pakistan Agricultural Research Council (PARC), Karachi University Campus, Karachi-75270, Pakistan

²M.A.H Qadri Biological Research Centre, University of Karachi, Karachi- 75270, Pakistan

³Department of Zoology, University of Karachi, Karachi- 75270, Pakistan