Occurrence of Pesticide Residues in market and Farmgate samples of Okra crop ,Abelmoschus esculentus (L) in Meerut region

摘要

A multi pesticide residues analysis was carried out for farmgate samples (20) of okra fruits from four market places of Meerut region namely Daurala, Lawer, Kesarganj and Partapur markets. 40, 45, 30, 35, 50 and 25% samples were > MRL and 30, 40, 35,45, 35 and 45% samples were recorded MRL and 25, 30, 40, 45, 20 and 25% samples had residues MRL and 50, 45, 45, 45, 40 and 30% and 40, 40, 45, 45, 35 and 40% samples, respectively contained residues < MRL values of monocrotophos (0.20), chlorpyriphos (0.20), di-methoate (2.00), cypermethrin (0.20), endosulfan (2.00) and imidacloprid (0.05ppm), respectively. So the okra fruits samples with residues above MRL are not safe for human consumption.