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Screening for pesticide residues in soil and crop samples in Egypt

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Last updated: 22 Jan 2023

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Environmental chemistry

Abstract

Pesticide application is an important issue in intensive agricultural production to achieve self-sufficiency in food production. This study aimed to the determination of pesticide residues from soil samples cultivated with different crops. Forty soil samples from four governorates, ten samples each (Kafr El-Sheikh, El-Beheira, Giza, and Menoufia) were collected for pesticides multi-residual analysis. Also, fifteen vegetable samples were collected from Giza governorate and analyzed for the presence of pesticide residues. Obtained data revealed that soil samples of Giza governorate recorded the highest level of pesticide residues contamination with 70% positive samples followed by Kafr El-Sheikh and Menoufia governorates with 60% positive samples and finally El-Beheira governorate recorded the lowest level of pesticide residues contamination with 30% positive samples. Regarding the levels of pesticide residues in vegetables and crops, about 53.3 % of tested samples (onion, sweet potato, molokhia, cabbage, beet, okra, eggplant, and lettuce) were free from pesticide residues. Meanwhile, about 46.7 % of tested samples (wheat, rocca, green dill, tomato, radish, pepper, and green parsley) showed pesticide residues with different types and concentrations. Propiconazole was the highest residue recorded in green dill with 3.8 mg/kg followed by difenoconazole with 3.22 mg/Kg present in green parsley.

DOI

10.21608/ejchem.2021.64117.3374

Keywords

Pesticide Residues, Contamination, Determination, vegetable crops

Authors

First Name

Salah

Last Name

Salem

MiddleName

Hamza Elmahdy

Affiliation

Department of Food Toxins and Contaminants, National Research Centre, Dokki, Cairo, Egypt. P.O. Box: 12622, Dokki, Cairo, Egypt.

Email

salah_n82@yahoo.com

City

Cairo

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First Name

Sally

Last Name

Abd-El Fatah

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Food Toxicology and Contaminants Department, National Research Centre, Cairo, Egypt

Email

simaged@yahoo.com

City

Cairo

Orcid

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First Name

Gomaa

Last Name

Abdel-Rahman

MiddleName

Nour-Eldein

Affiliation

Food Toxins and Contaminants Dept., National Research Center, Dokki, Cairo, Egypt

Email

gomaa.nrc@gmail.com

City

Giza

Orcid

0000-0002-6193-9033

First Name

ِAhmed

Last Name

Fouzy

MiddleName

sayed Morsy

Affiliation

Food Toxicology &Contaminants Dept., Industries foods & Nutrition Division National Research Centre,33, el behos,Dokki, Egypt.

Email

amoursy@hotmail.com

City

Egypt

Orcid

0000-0001-8178-713x

First Name

Diaa

Last Name

Marrez

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Food toxins and contaminants Department, National Research Center, Dokki, Cairo, Egypt

Email

diaamm80@hotmail.com

City

Cairo

Orcid

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Volume

64

Article Issue

5

Related Issue

23661

Issue Date

2021-05-01

Receive Date

2021-02-20

Publish Date

2021-05-01

Page Start

2,525

Page End

2,532

Print ISSN

0449-2285

Online ISSN

2357-0245

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https://ejchem.journals.ekb.eg/article_159987.html

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Type Code

297

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Journal

Publication Title

Egyptian Journal of Chemistry

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https://ejchem.journals.ekb.eg/

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Created At

22 Jan 2023