Table 3.

Pesticide residues in reference fruits & vegetables.

Group	Commodity	Pesticides detected	Control (µg/g ± S.E)	Treated (µg/g ± S.E)	Reduction (%)	T.A.P Control (µg g)	T.A.P. Treated (µg/g)
Vegetable	Okra	Thiamethoxam	0.004 ± 0.0001	0	100	2.414	0.330b
		Imidacloprid	1.35 ± 0.009	0.3	77.78
		Acetamiprid	0	0	0
		Thiacloprid	1.06 ± 0.0012	0.03	0
		Carbendazim	0	0	97.17
	Spinach	Thiamethoxam	0.075 ± 0.001	0	100	0.943	0.122 a
		Imidacloprid	1.108 ± 0.002	0.072 ± 0.002	91.21951
		Acetamiprid	0.02 ± 0.012	0	100
		Thiacloprid	0	0	0
		Carbendazim	0	0	0
	Tomato	Thiamethoxam	0	0	0	1.22	0.93 e
		Imidacloprid	1.22 ± 0.012	0.93 ± 0.006	23.77049
		Acetamiprid	0	0	0
		Thiacloprid	0	0	0
		Carbendazim	0	0	0
	Cucumber	Thiamethoxam	0.08 ± 0.006	0	100	0.493	0.122b
		Imidacloprid	0.15 ± 0.029	0.068 ± 0.002	54.67
		Acetamiprid	0.1 ± 0.029	0.028 ± 0.001	72
		Thiacloprid	0.003 ± 0.001	0	100
		Carbendazim	0.16 ± 0.029	0.026 ± 0.009	83.75
	Cauliflower	Thiamethoxam	0.34 ± 0.023	0	100	3.33	1.61c
		Imidacloprid	2.78 ± 0.052	1.55 ± 0.058	44.24
		Acetamiprid	0	0	0
		Thiacloprid	0.14 ± 0.003	0.03 ± 0.001	78.57
		Carbendazim	0.04 ± 0.007	0.03 ± 0.003	25
	Chillies	Thiamethoxam	0.036 ± 0.002	0	100	0.376	0.15c
		Imidacloprid	0	0	0
		Acetamiprid	0.34 ± 0.006	0.15 ± 0.003	55.88235
		Thiacloprid	0	0	0
		Carbendazim	0	0	0
Fruits	Grapes	Thiamethoxam	0.006 ± 0.0002	0.004 ± 0.0005	33.33	0.058	0.004 a
		Imidacloprid	0	0	0
		Acetamiprid	0.052 ± 0.001	0	100
		Thiacloprid	0	0	0
		Carbendazim	0	0	0
	Guava	Thiamethoxam	0	0	0
		Imidacloprid	0.043 ± 0.001	0	100	0.413	0.14c
		Acetamiprid	0	0	0
		Thiacloprid	0.37 ± 0.001	0.14 ± 0.003	62.16
		Carbendazim	0	0	0
	Peach	Thiamethoxam	0	0	0
		Imidacloprid	1.45 ± 0.006	0.92 ± 0.005	36.55	1.45	0.92 d
		Acetamiprid	0	0	0
		Thiacloprid	0	0	0
		Carbendazim	0	0	0

T.A.P = Total amount of Pesticide.

^a= more than 90 % reduced.

^b= more than 70 % reduced.

^c= more than 50 % reduced.

^d= more than 30 % reduced.

^e= less than 30% reduced.