Organic fig (Ficus carica l.) growing: determination of pesticide residues

Authors : Nilda ERSOY

Pages : 378-386

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Publication Date : 2019-12-23

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Food production has very important strategy in today’s world. While half the world struggle with famine, the other half wants food stuffs they produce and consume to be secure. When it is said secure food, foods which is not harmful to health, do not contain any physical, chemical and microbiological residues and also of which traceability provided come to mind. Traceability of agricultural products has become the most important issue to provide food security. In organic farming based on traceability principles, pesticide residue analyzes are carried out in the final products and certified if the pesticide problem does not occur in the product. In this study, the pesticide residues on fig fruit, Ficus carica L., grown by organic agricultural methods was examined. The fig trees were grown in İsafakılar village of İncirliova district of Aydın city in Western Part of Turkey. The residue analyses were done by GC-MS/MS and LC-MS/MS chromatographies. 506 active substances in used pesticides during the cultivation period were analyzed by LC-MS/MS chromatography meanwhile 113 active substances of pesticides by GC-MS/MS chromatography device were analyzed in fig fruit. This study was conducted in years of 2017 and 2018 consecutively.  Detactable pesticide residues have not been measured in the samples.
Keywords : Fig, Organic Farming, Pesticides, Residue