Organochlorine pesticide residues in fruits and vegetables

This book is a sincere attempt by the authors to give a comprehensive account of pesticide residues including sources of emission of pesticides, origin and history, classification, Integrated Pest Management, Maximum Residual Limits (MRLs) of pesticides in different fruits and vegetables.This book deals with impact of pesticides on human health and environment. In this book there is a chapter which includes sampling, extraction and clean-up methods for the analysis of pesticides from fruits and vegetables. An overview of gas chromatography and how this technique is helpful in the analysis of pesticides have been given in this book. This book would prove useful to teachers, researchers, students , policy makers and pesticide industry who are working in the field of pesticides.