Pesticides in fish from the Uruguay River and markets in Argentina and health risk assessment.

Organochlorine, organophosphate, triazole, and strobilurin pesticides were determined in fish samples. Relative standard deviations lower than 9.3% were obtained for organochlorine pesticides and 10.

Pesticides in rice-based products commercialised in Argentina.

People with coeliac disease have a limited diet. Therefore, rice-based products are an ideal alternative. Highlighting this import item, an analytical methodology was validated to determine pesticides in rice-based product samples.

Mycofumigation of postharvest blueberries with volatile compounds from Trichoderma atroviride IC-11 is a promising tool to control rots caused by Botrytis cinerea.

Botrytis cinerea, the causal agent of the gray mold, is a filamentous fungus that infects blueberries and can cause important production losses in postharvest storage. Considering that the use of synthetic fungicides is not allowed on blueberries in postharvest conditions, alternative and natural strategies are needed to control gray mold. The objective of this work was to evaluate the capability of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) produced by Trichoderma atroviride IC-11 to control B.

Optimization of a rice cooking method using response surface methodology with desirability function approach to minimize pesticide concentration.

Rice is contaminated with pesticides applied in pre and post-harvest. These contaminations could be reduced through household operations like washing and cooking. Therefore, in the present research, a pre-soaking rice cooking method was used to reduce pesticides residues.

Effect of household rice cooking on pesticide residues.

This investigation shows the pesticide distribution and reduction using three common household cooking methods. Extraction was performed using QuEChERS and solid phase microextraction methodologies for rice and water, respectively. Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry was used.

Pesticides in randomly collected rice commercialised in Entre Ríos, Argentina.

An analytical method for determination of azoxystrobin, cyproconazole, deltamethrin, epoxiconazole, kresoxim-methyl, and penconazole in rice, using QuEChERS extraction and a gas chromatography, was validated. Recoveries ranged within the 98.9-107.