Abstract

A BIRD’S EYE VIEW ON PESTICIDAL RESIDUE

Alok Kumar Tiwari*, S. R. Inchulkar and Sangeeta Bhagat

Abstract

The term pesticide covers a broad variety of compounds including insecticides, fungicides, herbicides, rodenticides, molluscicides, nematicides, plant growth regulators and others. Depending on the chemical structure pesticides can be classified as organochlorines (endosulfan, hexachlorobenzene), organophosphates (diazinon, omethoate, glyphosate), carbamic and thiocarbamic derivatives, carboxylic acids and their derivatives, urea derivatives, heterocyclic compounds (benzimidazole and triazole derivatives), phenol and nitro phenol derivatives, hydrocarbons, ketones, aldehydes and their derivatives, fluorine containing compounds, copper-containing compounds, metal organic and inorganic compounds, and natural and synthetic pyrethroids. The economy of India is agriculture based, known for possessing its own rich and diverse knowledge about cultivation practices. Maintaining high agricultural output requires the use of pesticides, since, in high-input agricultural production systems, pests, among other crop invaders, including herbs and fungi, inevitably need to be managed. The different extraction techniques are developed now-a-days for separation of pesticidal residues.

Keywords: MRL, Toxicology, Analysis.