African Journal of
Biotechnology

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Biotechnol.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1684-5315
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJB
  • Start Year: 2002
  • Published Articles: 12501

Full Length Research Paper

Export papaya post-harvest protection by fungicides and the problems of the maximal limit of residues

Dembele Ardjouma1*, Traore Sory Karim2, Kone Mamadou2, and Coulibaly Dotana Ténébé3
  1LABORATOIRE Central d’Agrochimie et d’Ecotoxicologie, LANADA 04 BP 612 Abidjan 04 COTE D’IVOIRE. 2 UFR  des Sciences et Gestion de l’environnement, Université d’Abobo - Adjamé 02 B.P.  801  Abidjan 02/COTE D’IVOIRE. 3UFR  des Sciences de la Nature/Protection des Végétaux et de l’environnement, Université d’Abobo - Adjamé,  02 B.P.  801  Abidjan 02/COTE D’IVOIRE.
Email: [email protected], [email protected]

  •  Accepted: 28 September 2004
  •  Published: 31 January 2005

Abstract

 

The post-harvest maturity of papaya fruits is influenced by several environmental  factors  including temperature, light and ventilation of the surrounding wall. The maturity, presence and attacks   or   rots,   and   the accumulation   of   fungicide   residues   in the papaya was evaluated on papaya fruits treated with different fungicide. Thiabendazole-treated fruits did not rot 21 days after treatment and this fungicide was the most satisfactory with detected residues lower than the European Union’s 2000/48/EC guideline.

 

Key words:  Post-harvest, papaya, fungicides, phytotoxic, thiabendazole, residues maximal limit.

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