Quantitative Determination of Chlorpyrifos and Penconazole Residues in Grapes Using Gas Chromatography/ Mass spectrometry

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Journal Title, Volume, Page: 
Journal of Food Technology, 3(3) (2005) 284-289.
Year of Publication: 
2005
Authors: 
Nidal Zatar
Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, An-Najah National University, Nablus, West Bank, Palestine
Current Affiliation: 
Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, An-Najah National University, Nablus, West Bank, Palestine
Safa Sama'neh
Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, An-Najah National University, Nablus, West Bank, Palestine
Yacoub Batta
Department of Plant Production and Protection, Faculty of Agriculture
Preferred Abstract (Original): 

Samples of grape leaves and berries (CV: Zeini) were taken from grape-vine yards treated withchlorpyrifos (Dursban®) and penconazole (Ofir®) in order to determine their residues in these organs. Theeffect of time after spraying and number of sprays on the residues of both pesticides was studied.Gaschromatorgraphy Imass spectrometry (GCIMS) was used to determine the residue levels. Results obtained haveindicated the presence of both pesticides in the tested leaf samples, but chlorpyrifos residues were detectedin larger quantities than penconazole residues. Also, larger quantities of both pesticides were detected in thesamples of berry cortex than in the samples of berry flesh. However, the residues of both pesticides in washingwater of treated berries were lower than that in the cortex or in the flesh. This may indicate the systemic actionof pesticides especially penconazole, since washing the treated berries with water two weeks after applicationof the last spray did not remove the pesticides from berries. Overall results have indicated that the determined quantities of both pesticides residues especially in the cortical tissues of treated berries following the sixth application of both pesticides were higher than the quantities reported by other authors in grape berries, but they were generally less than the maximum residue limits (MRLS) defined by the residue legislations in other countries.