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Improved dissipation kinetic model to estimate permissible pre-harvest residue levels of pesticides in apples

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Abstract

Prediction of residual concentrations of applied pesticides during the pre-harvest period may be required to ensure the safety of agricultural products. In this study, time-dependent dissipation trends of carbaryl (CB), kresoxim-methyl (KM), flubendiamide (FB), flufenoxuron (FN), bitertanol (BT), and chlorantraniliprole (CN) applied to apples at recommended and threefold greater doses were modeled to estimate pre-harvest residue limit concentrations (CPHRL) indicating permissible pesticide concentrations during the pre-harvest period. Double-exponential (DE) model results best fit the dissipation trends of all tested pesticides (correlation coefficients of 0.91–0.99) compared to zero-, first-, and second-order models. Among the pesticides examined, CB half-lives in apples of 2.9 and 6.6 days were the shortest, while those of FN (21.1–32.7 days) were the longest. The CPHRL values for each pesticide in apples were estimated with DE model parameter values and could be used to determine harvest dates for safe apples with pesticide concentrations below their maximum residue limits. Application of the DE model for CPHRL calculation provides more accurate information for farmers to produce agricultural products safe from pesticide residues.

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This work was supported by 2018 research fund from the Kyungpook National University, Republic of Korea.

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  1. Department of Geological Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32611, USA

    Jeong-In Hwang & Andrew R. Zimmerman

  2. Experiment Research Institute, National Agricultural Products Quality Management Service, Kimcheon, 39660, Republic of Korea

    Hyo-Young Kim

  3. School of Applied Biosciences, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, 41566, Republic of Korea

    Sang-Hyeob Lee, Se-Yeon Kwak & Jang-Eok Kim

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Hwang, JI., Kim, HY., Lee, SH. et al. Improved dissipation kinetic model to estimate permissible pre-harvest residue levels of pesticides in apples. Environ Monit Assess 190, 438 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-018-6819-8

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