Impact of Thiamethoxam in Papaya Cultivation ( Carica papaya Linnaeus) in Rotation with Watermelon ( Citrullus lanatus ) Crops

Megchún-García Juan Valente, Castañeda-Chávez María del Refugio, Rodríguez-Lagunes Daniel Arturo, Murguía-González Joaquín, Lango-Reynoso Fabiola and Leyva-Ovalle Otto Raúl
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Megchún-García Juan Valente: Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas y Agropecuarias, Universidad Veracruzana, 94500 Córdoba, Veracruz, Mexico
Castañeda-Chávez María del Refugio: Tecnológico Nacional de México/Instituto Tecnológico de Boca del Río, 03330 Veracruz, Mexico
Rodríguez-Lagunes Daniel Arturo: Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas y Agropecuarias, Universidad Veracruzana, 94500 Córdoba, Veracruz, Mexico
Murguía-González Joaquín: Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas y Agropecuarias, Universidad Veracruzana, 94500 Córdoba, Veracruz, Mexico
Lango-Reynoso Fabiola: Tecnológico Nacional de México/Instituto Tecnológico de Boca del Río, 03330 Veracruz, Mexico
Leyva-Ovalle Otto Raúl: Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas y Agropecuarias, Universidad Veracruzana, 94500 Córdoba, Veracruz, Mexico

Agriculture, 2019, vol. 9, issue 6, 1-11

Abstract: Thiamethoxam is a neonicotinoid with systemic and contact action, used in Mexico for the care of different traditional fruit crops, mainly in the cultivation of papaya. Soils of agroecosystems with papaya in the Gulf of Mexico area, the main producers of this fruit, are currently characterized as 45% of the producers organize papaya cultivation in rotation with watermelon at different sowing dates. The objective of this study was to determine the presence and concentration of thiamethoxam in soil and water during the rotation of papaya crop with watermelon culture in the central zone of Veracruz, Mexico. An analysis was carried out to know the management of thiamethoxam in different types of soil and in the region; and in an experimental plot. Soil and water samples were taken at different stages during the rotation of both crops. Those samples were taken systemically, starting with the watermelon culture cycle and then, during the phenological stages in the papaya crop cycle. Soil and water samples were analyzed using HPLC-UV equipment for its determination. The design was random blocks with six repetitions and the software used for data analysis was the Statistica 2007 program. Thiamethoxam was concentrated in amounts of ≥0.40 mg/L in 79% of the samples in water and ≥0.55 mg/kg in 75% of the samples in soil. The highest values of thiamethoxam in soil were in the stage of watermelon culture with 0.4 mg/kg and in the soil preparation of the papaya crop with concentrations of 0.8 mg/kg. Whereas irrigation water from the watermelon cultivation and the soil preparation for the papaya showed concentrations of 0.5 and 0.7 mg/L, respectively. The presence of thiamethoxam was identified in 100% of the samples analyzed in the stage of preparation of soil and water of the cultivation area, concluding a possible risk of residuality of thiamethoxam in fruits that exceed the maximum limits of tolerance established by the EPA, EFSA and FAO.

Keywords: neonicotinoids; pesticides; agroecosystem (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q1 Q10 Q11 Q12 Q13 Q14 Q15 Q16 Q17 Q18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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