Current methods for the detection and identification of pesticide residues on agricultural and landscape plants require time-consuming and expensive chemical analyses [14]. This problem causes delays for agricultural land managers in making important crop-management and pest-control decisions involving pesticide applications. The presence of pesticide residues on food crops also is a major heal...

Xu Wang1, Xianglian Liu2, Shijia Su2, Ihsan Awais3, Qianying Liu2, Dongmei Chen2, Zhenli Liu4, Yulian Wang4* and Zonghui Yuan1,2,4* 1National Reference Laboratory of Veterinary Drug Residues (HZAU) and MAO Key Laboratory for Detection of Veterinary Drug Residues, China 2MOA Laboratory for Risk Assessment of Quality and Safety of Livestock and Poultry Products, Huazhong Agricultural University, ...

kumasi, sekondi-takoradi, and accra are the major recipients of agricultural commodities or productions in ghana, primarily due to their population and ready markets. to ensure food security, meet food demands, and mitigate the threats posed by pests and diseases, pesticides are used when cultivating vegetables and fruits in ghana. the present study has been conducted to assess the concentratio...

Rapid multi-residue analysis of pesticides in agricultural products was studied by using LC-MS/MS. Pesticide residues in 10 g of homogenized agricultural products were extracted with 30 mL of acetonitrile and salted out with 4 g of anhydrous magnesium sulfate and 1 g of sodium chloride in the presence of citrate salts for buffering in a disposable tube. Co-extractives were removed by use of our...

Agricultural producers and public health authorities apply pesticides to control pests that damage crops and carry diseases. Due to the toxic nature of most pesticides, they are regulated by governments. Regulatory provisions require pesticides to be registered and restrictions operate to safeguard human health and the environment. Yet pesticides used near surface waters pose dangers to non-tar...

This is an overview of the emerging technologies that have been developed recently or are in the process of development for ethanol (biofuel) production from agricultural residues. )n this direction numerous advances have been made. Problems associated with inhibitor generation and detoxification, fermentation of both hexoses and pentoses to ethanol, and development of efficient microbial strai...

Submit Manuscript | http://medcraveonline.com volume of Lake Geneva. With such situations, it seems clear that a reduction of food wastage at global, regional, and national scales would have a substantial positive effect on natural and societal resources. Food wastage reduction would not only avoid pressure on scarce natural resources but also decrease the need to raise food production by 60 pe...

Information on the effect of open-field burning of agricultural residues on ambient black carbon (BC) mass and size-resolved particle number concentrations is scarce. In this study, to understand the effect of such open-field burning on short-term air quality, real-time variations of the BC mass and size-resolved particle number concentrations were monitored before and during a corn straw open-...

Crop residues have been considered during the past decade as alternate energy sources to supplement dwindling fossil fuel sources and enhance energy independence in the United States. Agricultural scientists have demonstrated the importance of crop residues in reducing soil erosion, enhancing the soil physical environment for plant growth, and as a reserve for major crop nutrients. In eastern N...