Pesticide residues in some herbs growing in agricultural areas in Poland

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volume 187, Issue 12, 1 December 2015, Article number 775, Pages 1-7

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Malinowska, E. , 

Jankowski, K.

 

Department of Grassland and Landscape Architecture, Siedlce University of Natural Sciences and Humanities, B. Prusa 14 Street, Siedlce, Poland 

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Abstract

The aim of this paper was to assess residue content of plant protection products in selected herbs: Achillea millefolium L., Cichorium intybus L., Equisetum arvense L., Polygonum persicaria L., Plantago lanceolata L., and Plantago major L. The study comprises herbs growing in their natural habitat, 1 and 10 m away from crop fields. The herbs, 30 plants of each species, were sampled during the flowering stage between 1 and 20 July 2014. Pesticide residue content was measured with the QuECHERS method in the dry matter of leaves, stalks, and inflorescence, all mixed together. Out of six herb species growing close to wheat and maize fields, pesticide residues were found in three species: A. millefolium L., E. arvense L., and P. lanceolata L. Most plants containing the residues grew 1 m away from the wheat field. Two active substances of fungicides were found: diphenylamine and tebuconazole, and one active substance of insecticides: chlorpyrifos-ethyl. Those substances are illegal to use on herbal plants. Samples of E. arvense L. and P. lanceolata L. contained two active substances each, which constituted 10 % of all samples, while A. millefolium L. contained one substance, which is 6.6 % of all samples. © 2015, The Author(s).

Author keywords

Plant protection product residues; Poland; Selected herbs; The QuECHERS method

Indexed keywords

Engineering controlled terms: Pesticides

Agricultural areas; Chlorpyrifos ethyls; Equisetum arvense; Plant protection products; Plantago lanceolata; Poland; Quechers; Selected herbs

Engineering main heading: Plants (botany)

EMTREE drug terms: aldrin; bifenthrin; chlorpyrifos; clofenvinfos; cyfluthrin; cypermethrin; deltamethrin; dichlorvos; dicofol; dieldrin; diphenylamine; disulfoton; endosulfan; ethoprop; etrimfos; fenoxycarb; fenpropathrin; fenthion; fenvalerate; fonofos; formothion; fungicide; heptachlor; insecticide; pesticide residue; phorate; phosalone; tebuconazole

GEOBASE Subject Index: agricultural land; dry matter; fungicide; growth; herb; insecticide; maize; pesticide residue; wheat

EMTREE medical terms: Achillea; Article; chicory; controlled study; crop; Equisetum arvense; flowering; habitat; herb; inflorescence; maize; mass spectrometry; nonhuman; Persicaria maculosa; plant growth; plant leaf; plant stem; Plantago lanceolata; Plantago major; Poland; rural area; species difference; wheat

Regional Index: Poland

Species Index: Achillea millefolium; Cichorium intybus; Equisetum arvense; Plantago lanceolata; Plantago major; Polygonum persicaria; Triticum aestivum; Zea mays

Chemicals and CAS Registry Numbers: aldrin, 257-55-6, 309-00-2; bifenthrin, 82657-04-3; chlorpyrifos, 2921-88-2; clofenvinfos, 470-90-6; cyfluthrin, 68359-37-5; cypermethrin, 52315-07-8, 65731-84-2, 66841-24-5, 67375-30-8; deltamethrin, 52918-63-5; dichlorvos, 62-73-7; dicofol, 115-32-2; dieldrin, 13366-73-9, 60-57-1; diphenylamine, 122-39-4; disulfoton, 298-04-4; endosulfan, 115-29-7; ethoprop, 13194-48-4; etrimfos, 38260-54-7; fenoxycarb, 72490-01-8; fenpropathrin, 39515-41-8; fenthion, 55-38-9; fenvalerate, 51630-58-1; fonofos, 944-22-9; formothion, 2540-82-1; heptachlor, 33442-83-0, 76-44-8; phorate, 298-02-2; phosalone, 2310-17-0; tebuconazole, 107534-96-3, 80443-41-0

ISSN: 01676369 CODEN: EMASDSource Type: Journal Original language: English

DOI: 10.1007/s10661-015-4997-1Document Type: Article

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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  Malinowska, E.; Department of Grassland and Landscape Architecture, Siedlce University of Natural Sciences and Humanities, B. Prusa 14 Street, Poland; email:malinowskae@uph.edu.pl
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