Herbicide Residue Analysis

Contents: Foreword. Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. General guideline for herbicide residues analysis. 3. Extraction, cleanup and detection methods. 4. Determination of herbicide residues. 5. General precautions. 6. Appendices. Glossary of terms.

Alike other pesticides, herbicides are chemicals used controlling weeds and pose toxicity to targeted weeds plants as well as potential risk to consumers and environment. Therefore, information on herbicide residues analysis become important for approving a chemical for large scale commercial use with litter or no adverse effects on the environment and human health. The analysis of herbicide residues requires sophisticated equipment and specialy trained manpower. Precise determination of herbicide residues in various commodities presents a challenge to the chemists in view of the micro-quantities present in soil or plants/other matrix and generally estimated at ppm or ppb level using sensitive methods. (jacket)