Vol. 11, Issue 12 (2022)

Author(s):
Anugu Anil Reddy, Narendra Reddy C, Anitha Kumari D, Manohar RaoA, Narendar Reddy S and Srinivasa Reddy S

Abstract:
The present decontamination method study was carried out at All India Network Project on Pesticide Residues, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad during kharif 2015-16 for test insecticides viz., fipronil at 500 g a.i. ha^-1, spinosad at 125 g a.i. ha^-1, chlorantraniliprole at 30 g a.i. ha^-1, profenophos at 400 g a.i. ha^-1, lambda cyhalothrin 15.63 g a.i. ha^-1, imidacloprid (betacyfluthrin + imidacloprid at 30 g a.i. ha^-1), betacyfluthrin (betacyfluthrin + imidacloprid at 30 g a.i. ha^-1) and dimethoate at 300 g a.i. ha^-1 with different decontamination methods. Among various decontamination methods tested, Formula 1 was found to be most effective in removing pesticide residues to an extent of 62.72-75.71 percent varying with type of pesticides, followed by 2% salt solution in chlorantraniliprole, profenophos, lambda cyhalothrin and dimethoate, while 0.1% baking soda solution was found more effective than 2% salt solution in fipronil, spinosad, imidacloprid and beta cyfluthrin and least removal of all insecticides from green chillies was recorded from tap water wash which ranged from 10.57 to 30.19 percent.