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Fate of cypermethrin in Malaysian oil palm plantation
Author(s) -
Sulaiman Najwa,
Chee Beng Yeoh,
Ahmad Bustamam Farah Khuwailah,
Khairuddin Nik Sasha Khatrina,
Muhamad Halimah
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
drug testing and analysis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.065
H-Index - 54
eISSN - 1942-7611
pISSN - 1942-7603
DOI - 10.1002/dta.2760
Subject(s) - cypermethrin , pyrethroid , toxicology , palm oil , chlorpyrifos , biology , infestation , pesticide , agronomy , horticulture , agroforestry
Cypermethrin is a pyrethroid insecticide commonly used to control bagworm infestation in oil palm plantations. It is applied through spraying onto the leaves where the bagworms reside. This article reports the fate of cypermethrin used in a Malaysian oil palm plantation during a typical dry season through the analysis of cypermethrin residue in environmental and palm oil samples collected from a supervised field trial. Residues of cypermethrin were not detected in the soil samples collected at different depths, water samples collected at different points in the experimental plots, and oil samples extracted from fresh fruit bunches (FFB) harvested from each plot for both single and double dosages of treatment throughout the study interval. Analysis of leaf samples, however, revealed that cypermethrin residue was detected for both pesticide treatments up to day 2 after cypermethrin application.