| Title: | "Tauemporal Variation in Pesticide Residues in Citrus Fruits from Chios, Greece, before and after the Development of an Integrated Pest Management Strategy (IPMS): A Five-Year Study (LIFE13 ENV GR/000414)" |
| Author(s): | Bempelou E; Anagnostopoulos C; Kiousi M; Malatou P; Liapis K; Kouloussis N; Mavraganis V; Papadopoulos NT; |
| Address: | "Pesticide Residues Laboratory, Benaki Phytopathological Institute, St. Delta 8, Kifissia, 14561 Athens, Greece. Laboratory of Applied Zoology and Parasitology, School of Agriculture, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece. Institute of Soil and Water Resources, HAO-DEMETER, S. Venizelou 1, Lykovrissi, 14123 Athens, Greece. Laboratory of Entomology and Agricultural Zoology, Department of Agriculture Crop Production and Rural Environment, University of Thessaly, Phytokou St., 38436 Volos, Greece" |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 2305-6304 (Electronic) 2305-6304 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "The temporal variation in pesticide residues in Kampos, of Chios Island, in Greece, was determined between June 2014 and October 2019. Monitoring of residues took place before and after the development of an Integrated Pest Management Strategy (IPMS) for the sustainable control of the Mediterranean fruit fly (medfly) based on mass trapping with the non-toxic and environmentally friendly attractant Biodelear. A total of 1252 samples of citrus fruits, collected from 12 experimental citrus orchards, were analyzed for the presence of 353 active substances and metabolites of pesticides. A modified QuEChERS method and sensitive chromatographic techniques were used. During preparatory monitoring for the project, the most frequently detected pesticides were the insecticides chlorpyrifos, deltamethrin and spirotetramat; the fungicides propamocarb, dimethomorph and mepanipyrim; and the synergist piperonyl butoxide. The implementation of the IPMS to address medfly resulted in a dramatic reduction in the pesticides detected in citrus fruits during confirmatory monitoring, with no detectable residues-which may cause serious problems to human health-in any of the samples analyzed at the end of the project, thus enhancing consumer safety" |
| Keywords: | Integrated Pest Management Strategy (IPMS) citrus fruits food safety pesticide residues plant growth regulators; |
| Notes: | "PubMed-not-MEDLINEBempelou, Eleftheria Anagnostopoulos, Christos Kiousi, Maroula Malatou, Panagiota Liapis, Konstantinos Kouloussis, Nikos Mavraganis, Vassilis Papadopoulos, Nikolaos T eng LIFE13 ENV GR/000414/European Union/ Switzerland 2021/12/24 Toxics. 2021 Nov 29; 9(12):323. doi: 10.3390/toxics9120323" |
