Residue Studies of Difenoconazole and Thiamethoxam during Cultivation of Sweet Persimmon for Export

BACKGROUND: In order to elucidate residual characteristics of difenoconazole and thiamethoxam by treatment to sweet persimmons for one year and to generate the data for the maximum residue limit (MRL) establishment for those pesticides in or on sweet persimmon. METHODS AND RESULTS: Systemic fungicide difenoconazole WP (10% a.i.) and systemic insecticide thiamethoxam WG (10% a.i.) were sprayed onto 12~25-years-old sweet persimmons according to its preharvest interval (PHI), respectively, and then fresh sweet persimmons were harvested at 0, 1, 3, 7, 14, 21 days after treatment from pesticide-sprayed plots at each 3 sites. The analytical methods were evaluated to limit of quantification, linearity, specificity, reproducibility and recoveries. The crop samples were extracted with acetone and performed dichloromethane partition process. The extracted samples of difenoconazole were analyzed by GC-ECD and the thiamethoxam extracted samples were analyzed by HPLC with good sensitivity and selectivity of the method. The average recoveries of difenoconazole ranged from 87.5 to 99.5% with the percentage of coefficient variation in the range 4.1~7.6% at three different spiking levels(0.02, 0.2 and 2.0 mg/kg). And the average recoveries of thiamethoxam and clothianidin ranged from 88.8 to 98.9% and 83.2 to 96.6% with the percentage of coefficient variation in the range 3.6~5.0% and 3.8~9.4% at three different spiking levels(0.02, 0.2 and 2.0 mg/kg), respectively. The residue amounts ranges of difenoconazole were 0.2~0.56 mg/kg and the residue amount was decreased below the MRL level, 1.0 mg/kg, after 1 day harvest. The residue amounts ranges of thiamethoxam were 0.08~0.28 mg/kg and the residue amount was decreased below the MRL level, 0.5 mg/kg, after 1 day harvest. And the residue amount of clothianidin was below then 0.03 mg/kg for only one test site of 14 and 28 day samples. CONCLUSION: As a result, the residual amounts of difenoconazole and thiamethoxam were not exceeded the MRL of established criteria for sweet persimmon. The biological half-lives of difenoconazole and thiamethoxam were 13.6, 19.4, 16.3 and 10.0, 15.3, 14.0 days at each three test sites, respectively.

수출용 단감에 대한 Difenoconazole과 Thiamethoxam의 잔류특성 연구

국내 유망 수출 식품 중 잔류농약으로 인하여 수출 장애가 있는 식품을 대상으로 문제가 되는 농약에 대해 CAC 및 수출국의 농약잔류 허용기준 제안을 위한 작물잔류 시험을 수행하였다. 대상 작물은 수출용 단감이었고, difenoconazole과 thiamethoxam을 대상으로 시험을 수행하였다. Difenoconazole의 잔류량 범위는 0.2~0.56 mg/kg였고, thiamethoxam의 잔류량 범위는 0.08~0.28 mg/kg으로 두 약제 모두 수확 1일차 시료부터 MRL 농도 이하로 잔류량이 감소하였다. 따라서 안전사용기준에 따라 약제를 살포하고 수확한다면 국내에 설정된 MRL 기준을 충분히 만족시키는 것으로 확인되었다. Difenoconazole의 각 포장별 반감기는 각각 13.6, 19.4, 16.3일 이었고, thiamethoxam의 각 포장별 반감기는 각각 10.0, 15.3, 14.0일 이었다. Clothianidin의 잔류농도는 1개 지역에서 14, 28일 시료에서 검출되었으나, 농도는 0.03 mg/kg 이하였다.