Dudwal Ramgopal, Jakhar Bhanwar Lal, Khan Pathan Abdul Rashid, Kataria Alka, Dhaka Shish Ram, Jan Ishrat, Sayyed R Z, Khan Aarif, Wong Ling Shing, Kumarasamy Vinoth, Gupta Gaurav, Subramaniyan Vetriselvan, Malik Naveed A
School of Agriculture, Suresh Gyan Vihar University, Jaipur, Rajasthan, 302017, India.
Sri Karan Narendra Agriculture University, Jobner, Jaipur, Rajasthan, 303329, India.
Heliyon. 2024 Apr 27;10(9):e30065. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e30065. eCollection 2024 May 15.
Chilli is an indispensable food item in the daily life of humans but it is affected by many insects, so various pesticides, including spiromesifen, are applied to chilli crops to protect this crop from insect infestation. However, the use of pesticides poses environmental and health issues. These issues have raised the demand for pesticide-free chillies among consumers. The primary aim of this study was to assess the efficacy of various decontamination methods in removing spiromesifen residues from chilli fruits. A randomized block design was employed to conduct a supervised field experiment at the Rajasthan Agricultural Research Institute in Durgapura, Jaipur, India. The samples of chillies treated with pesticides are subjected to seven different homemade techniques. The samples were extracted using the QuEChERS method, known for its efficiency, affordability, simplicity, robustness, and safety. The analysis of spiromesifen residues was conducted using gas chromatography (GC) equipped with an electron capture detector (ECD), and the results were verified using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). Out of several decontamination methods, the lukewarm water treatment was more effective than any other decontamination method, which led to the highest elimination of spiromesifen residue, whereas rinsing with tap water eliminates the least amount of spiromesifen residue. So, the lukewarm water treatment is a safe, cost-effective, and eco-friendly approach to remove spiromesifen residues from Chilli.
辣椒是人类日常生活中不可或缺的食品，但它受到多种昆虫的侵害，因此包括螺虫乙酯在内的各种农药被应用于辣椒作物，以保护这种作物免受虫害。然而，农药的使用带来了环境和健康问题。这些问题提高了消费者对无农药辣椒的需求。本研究的主要目的是评估各种去污方法去除辣椒果实中螺虫乙酯残留的效果。采用随机区组设计，在印度斋浦尔杜尔加布尔的拉贾斯坦农业研究所进行了一项监督田间试验。用农药处理过的辣椒样品采用七种不同的自制技术。样品采用高效、经济、简便、稳健和安全的QuEChERS方法进行提取。使用配备电子捕获检测器（ECD）的气相色谱（GC）对螺虫乙酯残留进行分析，并使用气相色谱-质谱联用仪（GC-MS）对结果进行验证。在几种去污方法中，温水处理比其他任何去污方法都更有效，导致螺虫乙酯残留的去除率最高，而用自来水冲洗去除的螺虫乙酯残留量最少。因此，温水处理是一种安全、经济高效且环保的从辣椒中去除螺虫乙酯残留的方法。
