Pesticides Found in Farmgate Vegetable in Western Rajasthan, India
Author Affiliations
- 1Department of Chemistry, Jai Narayan Vyas University, Jodhpur Rajasthan, INDIA
Res. J. Recent Sci., Volume 4, Issue (ISC-2014), Pages 3-4, (2015)
Abstract
Western Rajasthan is one of the most important areas of Rajasthan from vegetables production point of view. The majority of vegetables in western Rajasthan are found contaminated with pesticides residue. A total 50 samples of chilli were collected from different farms of western Rajasthan, for analysis of pesticide residue with the help of multiple residue method and gas chromatography. A considerable amount of samples (around 36%) were found infected with various organochlorine pesticide residues. The chilli samples were found with pesticide residue more than the permitted maximum residue limit (MRL) values.
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