Promising Natural Products in Crop Protection and Food Preservation: Basis, Advances, and Future Prospects

Table 1

Maximum residues’ limits of pesticides in fruits and vegetables.

Maximum residue limit (MRL) in mg/kg
Class of pesticides	Carbamate		Dithiocarbamates			Pyrethroid
Examples	Benomyl	Carbaryl	Carbosulfan	Mancozebthiram	Cypermethrin	Deltamethrin	Fenvalerate
Sweet corn		1.0			0.05		0.1
Cucumber		3.0	0.5	2.0
Watermelon		1.0	0.2	1.0
Brassica vegetables		1.0	0.5		1.0	0.1	2.0
Peppers chili	2.0	0.5	0.5	2.0	2.0	0.1
Mango	2.0	1.0		2.0	0.7	0.2	1.5
Potato		0.2	0.05	0.2			0.05
Citrus fruits	3.0	7.0	0.1	2.0	0.3
Grapes	3.0	5.0		5.0	0.5
Spring onion	0.5					0.3	2.0
Tomato	3.0			10.0	0.2	0.1
Shallot	2.0		0.5	0.5	0.1	0.05
Onion, bulb				0.5	0.01
Okra			0.5	0.2	0.5
Egg plant			0.03	0.2	0.03	2.0
Kale				15.0
Pumpkins				0.2		2.0
Cabbage							3.0
Papaya					0.5
Class of pesticides	Organophosphate			Organochlorine	Bipyridyliums	Triazine
Examples	Chlorpyrifos	Dimethoate	Malathion	DDD	Paraquat	Atrazine	Ametryn
Cabbages	1.0		8.0	0.02	0.07
Sweet corn			0.02			0.1
Spinach	0.5			0.2	0.07
Banana	2.0
Okra	0.5
Cauliflower		0.2	0.5
Spring onion			5.0		0.05
Broccoli			5.0		0.07
Kale			1.0		0.07
Peppers chili	3.0		0.1
Tomato		2.0	0.5		0.05
Citrus fruits		5.0	7.0		0.02
Shallot	0.2	0.5	1.0
Onion, bulb	0.2	0.5	1.0		0.05
Potatoes	3.0				0.05
Cucumber	1.0				0.02
Pineapple						0.1	0.1