Analysis of pesticide residues in strawberries and soils by GC-MS/MS,LC-MS/MS and twodimensional GC-time-of-flight MS comparing organic and integrated pest management farming

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2014

Authors

Virginia C Fernandes (Author) Other; Steven J Lehotay (Author) Other; Lucia Geis Asteggiante (Author) Other; Hyeyoung Kwon (Author) Other; Hans G J Mol (Author) Other; Henk van der Kamp (Author) Other; Nuno Mateus (Author) FCUP; Valentina F Domingues (Author) Other; Cristina Delerue Matos (Author) Other

Journal

Title: Food Additives and Contaminants - Part A Chemistry, Analysis, Control, Exposure and Risk Assessment

Vol. 31

Pages: 262-270

ISSN: 1944-0049

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Indexing

ISI Web of Knowledge - 36 Citations

Scopus - 41 Citations

Scientific classification

FOS: Agrarian Sciences > Other Agrarian Sciences

Other information

Authenticus ID: P-009-0P4

DOI: 10.1080/19440049.2013.865842

Abstract (EN): This study analysed 22 strawberry and soil samples after their collection over the course of 2years to compare the residue profiles from organic farming with integrated pest management practices in Portugal. For sample preparation, we used the citrate-buffered version of the quick, easy, cheap, effective, rugged, and safe (QuEChERS) method. We applied three different methods for analysis: (1) 27 pesticides were targeted using LC-MS/MS; (2) 143 were targeted using low pressure GC-tandem mass spectrometry (LP-GC-MS/MS); and (3) more than 600 pesticides were screened in a targeted and untargeted approach using comprehensive, two-dimensional gas chromatography time-of-flight mass spectrometry (GCxGC-TOF-MS). Comparison was made of the analyses using the different methods for the shared samples. The results were similar, thereby providing satisfactory confirmation of both similarly positive and negative findings. No pesticides were found in the organic-farmed samples. In samples from integrated pest management practices, nine pesticides were determined and confirmed to be present, ranging from 2 mu gkg(-1) for fluazifop-p-butyl to 50 mu gkg(-1) for fenpropathrin. Concentrations of residues in strawberries were less than European maximum residue limits.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 9