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Total Fluorescence Fingerprinting of Pesticides: A Reliable Approach for Continuous Monitoring of Soils and Waters

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The present work relates to the creation/extension of a database of Total Excitation-Emission and Total Synchronous Fluorescence Matrices (TEEMs and TSFMs) along with optimal Synchronous Fluorescence Spectra (SFS) to fingerprint pesticides widely used in Morocco. This spectrometric multi-component fingerprinting may permit the direct detection of pesticides persisting in soil or water. The objective of the current investigation is to detect four pesticide remains in agricultural soils by applying the spectrometric fingerprinting results. They are the commercial: i) insecticide Axlera 5G (carbamate), ii) fungicide Orsalis 5% SC (triazole), iii) insecticide Force 0,5 G (pyrethrinoid) and iv) insecticide Proclaim 05 SG (non-assigned). The agricultural plantations monitored are located in the great agricultural Doukkala region at the western Atlantic side of Morocco, where these chemicals are in large sale and use.

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Funding for the work was provided by the National Center for Scientific and Technical Research (CNRST) [grant number RS12].

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  1. Laboratoire de Spectrométrie des Matériaux et Archéomatériaux (LASMAR), Unité de recherche associée au CNRST, URAC 11, Département de Physique, Université Moulay Ismail, Meknès, Morocco

    Hicham Hassoun, Taibi Lamhasni, Salim Foudeil, Abdelmajid El Bakkali, Saadia Ait Lyazidi, Mustapha Haddad & Mohamed Hnach

  2. Laboratoire de Chimie Moléculaire et Substances Naturelles, Département de Chimie, Université Moulay Ismail, Meknès, Morocco

    M’barek Choukrad

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Hassoun, H., Lamhasni, T., Foudeil, S. et al. Total Fluorescence Fingerprinting of Pesticides: A Reliable Approach for Continuous Monitoring of Soils and Waters. J Fluoresc 27, 1633–1642 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10895-017-2100-8

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