Degradation trends of carbendazim in citrus, banana and mango during storage.
Li HaiFei, Nie JiYun, Xu GuoFeng, Li Jing
Author Affiliation: Institute of Pomology, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Xingcheng 125100, China.
Jiangsu Journal of Agricultural Sciences 26 : 415-419
Abstract : To safely apply carbendazim on postharvest citrus, banana and mango, the fruits were dipped in solution of 50% carbendazim wettable powder for 1 min, and carbendazim residue in pulp were determined by optimized method during storage. Residues of carbendazim increased at first and then decreased along with storage. Residues in the fruits treated with thin carbendazim solution were significantly less than those treated with thick carbendazim solution. Residues reached highestlevel at 9th day after treatment with 1 000 mg/L carbendazim solution, which were respectively 0.288 0 mg/kg (citrus), 0.473 1 mg/kg (banana) and 0.488 4 mg/kg (mango), all below the maximum residue limits (0.5 mg/kg) established by China and showing no obvious negative effect on safety quality of citrus, banana and mango.