Journal of Environmental Science and Health, Part B: Pesticides, Food Contaminants and Agricultural Wastes 2007-01-01

Degradation of cyprodinil, fludioxonil, cyfluthrin and pymetrozine on lettuce after different application methods.

Maddalena Cabizza, Maurizio Satta, Susanna Falconi, Monica Onano, Giovanni Uccheddu

Index: J. Environ. Sci. Health B 42(7) , 761-6, (2007)

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Abstract

Degradation of two fungicides (cyprodinil and fludioxonil) and two insecticides (cyfluthrin and pymetrozine) applied on iceberg and romaine lettuce under field conditions with different methods (portable mistblower and chemigation) was studied field data showed that both distribution methods and lettuce cultivar affect the degradation trends of examined pesticides. In these trials the residues of all active ingredients after pre-harvest time were less than fifty's maximum residue levels; the values in the romaine cultivar were generally higher than those in iceberg lettuce. After pre-harvest time residues of pesticides applied on romaine lettuce by portable motor sprayer were always higher than those obtained by the chemigation system.