The application of rapid test paper technology for pesticide detection in horticulture crops: a comprehensive review

Abstract

Background The ever increasing pests and diseases occurring during vegetable crop production is a challenge for agronomists and farmers. One of the practices to avoid or control the attack of the causal agents is the use of pesticides, including herbicides, insecticides nematicides, and molluscicides. However, the use of these products can result in the presence of harmful residues in horticultural crops, which cause several human diseases such as weakened immunity, splenomegaly, renal failure, hepatitis, respiratory diseases, and cancer. Therefore, it was necessary to find safe and effective techniques to detect these residues in horticultural crops and to monitor food security. Main body The review discusses the use of conventional methods to detect pesticide residues on horticultural crops, explain the sensitivity of nanoparticle markers to detect a variety of pesticides, discuss the different methods of rapid test paper technology and highlight recent research on rapid test paper detection of pesticides. Conclusions The methodologies discussed in the current review can be used in a certain situation, and the variety of methods enable detection of different types of pesticides in the environment. Notably, the highly sensitive immunoassay, which offers the advantages of being low cost, highly specific and sensitive, allows it to be integrated into many detection fields to accurately detect pesticides.

Diversity, distribution and regional conservation status of the Egyptian tree flora

“…Goods and services provided by the recorded species were assessed based on: (i) field observations, (ii) information collected from local people and herbalists and (iii) a review of existing literature on Egyptian flora. Among the literature reviewed were these by the following authors: Boulos (1983), Rizk and Al‐Nowaihy (1989), El‐Hadidi et al (1992), Belal and Springuel (1996), Chevallier (1996), Ayyad (1998), Batanouny (1999, 1999), Shaltout and Al‐Sodany (2002), Seif El‐Nasr and Bidak (2016), EEAA (2006), Ahmed (2009), Shaltout et al (2010, 2016), Hatim (2013), Zahran et al (2015), El‐Khalafy (2018), Mushtaq et al (2020), Bedair, Rady, et al (2022), Bedair, Ghosh, et al (2022) and Ghosh et al (2022). The major threats facing each tree taxon were assessed during field observations and by using mentioned literature in the previous section and http://www.iucnredlist.org/technical-documents/classification-schemes/threats-classification-scheme/.…”

“…,Shaltout and Al-Sodany (2002), SeifEl-Nasr and Bidak (2016),EEAA (2006),Ahmed (2009),Shaltout et al (2010,Hatim (2013),Zahran et al (2015), El-Khalafy (2018),Mushtaq et al (2020),Bedair, Rady, et al (2022), andGhosh et al (2022). The major threats facing each tree taxon were assessed during field observations and by using mentioned literature in the previous section and http://www.iucnr edlist.org/techn ical-docum ents/class ifica tion-schem es/threa ts-class ifica tion-schem e/.…”

Integrating Wireless Remote Sensing and Sensors for Monitoring Pesticide Pollution in Surface and Groundwater

“…However, research points to some key challenges for their applicability in rapid detections required in point-of-care testing of pesticides. Instrumental techniques are laborious and consume significant volumes of organic solvents, and their complexity only permits them to be performed in specialized labs [45][46][47].…”

Evaluation of field resistance in field‐collected mosquito Culex quinquefasciatus Say through quantification of ULV permethrin/PBO formulation in field bioassays

“…[35][36][37] For example, Lothrop et al 23 utilized high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) in public health research to analyze aircraft ULVsprayed PBO/pyrethrins formulation (25% piperonyl butoxide (PBO) and 5% pyrethrins) and this method showed a high sensitivity to detect trace amounts of pyrethrins and PBO within 300 m. 35 However, the sensitivity, selectivity, accuracy, reproducibility, and anti-interference of chromatographic technology can be improved by coupling it with mass spectrometry for pesticide residues determination. [38][39][40] Gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/ MS) is a preferred method to detect permethrin 41 and allows detection of multiple pesticides simultaneously in one complex sample. This could be useful for detecting both malathion and permethrin/PBO formulations which are applied in rotation for mosquito control in Harris County.…”