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Evaluation of a modified QuEChERS method for the extraction of pesticides from agricultural, ornamental and forestal soils

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A modified version of the QuEChERS method has been developed for the determination of a group of ten organophosphorus pesticides (i.e. ethoprofos, dimethoate, diazinon, malaoxon, chlorpyrifos-methyl, fenitrothion, malathion, chlorpyrifos, fenamiphos and phosmet) and one thiadiazine pesticide (buprofezin) in three different types of soils (forestal, ornamental and agricultural). The method was validated through linearity, recovery, precision and accuracy studies, and also by carrying out a matrix-matched calibration for the three soils owing to the existence of a strong matrix effect. Acceptable recovery values were obtained (between 45 and 96%) for all the pesticides and soils, except for malathion and malaoxon in forestal and ornamental soils, from which they could not be quantitatively extracted. Limits of detection of the whole method ranged between 0.48 and 7.78 ng/g. The method was finally applied to the determination of chlorpyrifos concentration in a treated soil for cultivation of potatoes.

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Acknowledgements

M.A.-R. and L.M.R.-P. wish to thank the Spanish Ministry of Education for a de FPU grant. J.H.-B. thanks the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation for the Ramón y Cajal contract at the University of La Laguna. The authors would also like to thank Carmen D. Arbelo Rodríguez from the Department of Edaphology and Geology of the University of La Laguna for her help and for providing the characterized forestal soil sample and also A. Padilla Cubas from the Instituto Canario de Investigaciones Agrarias (ICIA) for providing the samples of soil devoted to the cultivation of potatoes. Finally, the authors acknowledge the assistance of the Servicio General de Apoyo a la Investigación (SEGAI) of the University of La Laguna for the GC-MS measurement facilities. This work was supported by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (project AGL2008-00990/ALI).

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  1. Departamento de Química Analítica, Nutrición y Bromatología, Facultad de Química, Universidad de La Laguna (ULL), Avenida Astrofísico Francisco Sánchez s/nº, 38206, La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain

    M. Asensio-Ramos, J. Hernández-Borges, L. M. Ravelo-Pérez & M. A. Rodríguez-Delgado

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Asensio-Ramos, M., Hernández-Borges, J., Ravelo-Pérez, L.M. et al. Evaluation of a modified QuEChERS method for the extraction of pesticides from agricultural, ornamental and forestal soils. Anal Bioanal Chem 396, 2307–2319 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00216-009-3440-2

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