title: Fate of benfuracarb insecticide in mollisols and brinjal crop.
abstract: The fate of benfuracarb was studied under field conditions in brinjal fruits and soil following foliar spray application at 0.25 and 0.50 microg g(-1) by HPLC. At 0.25 microg g(-1), benfuracarb persisted up to 7 days both in soil and brinjal but at 0.50 microg g(-1), benfuracarb residues persisted up to 10 and 12 days in soil and brinjal fruits, respectively. The persistence of benfuracarb residues, both in soil and brinjal, followed first-order kinetics. The half-life values of benfuracarb in soil and brinjal fruit were found to be 3.54 and 3.90 days at 0.25 microg g(-1) and 3.75 and 4.73 days at 0.50 microg g(-1), respectively.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, G.B. Pant University of Agriculture & Technology, Pantnagar, Uttarakhand, India.
authors.forename: Raju
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Chandra
authors.forename: Anjana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Srivastava
authors.forename: Prakash C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Srivastava