Toxicological and environmental aspects of carrot fly [Psila rosae Fabr.] control

The objectives of this work were to describe the residual behaviour of chlorpyrifos (insecticide) and chlorothalonil (fungicide), applied for the protection of carrot and parsley plantations. The field tests were carried out at farms located near Rzeszów (South-Eastern Poland) on processing carrot and parsley destined for baby food production. The results obtained indicated that disappearance rate of chlorothalonil on carrot leaves was significantly faster and its half-life time was about 7 times shorter than that of chlorpyrifos. In weather conditions of 2006, chlorpyrifos residues in rape carrot and parsley roots were reduced to levels lower than MRL and even the rigorous value of 0.01 mg/kg.