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Rural Technologies

Title:	Biosensor Kit (Biokit) For Detection of Organophosphate and Organocarbamate Pesticides
Area:	Rural Technologies
Focus Area:	Agriculture Technology
Social Benefits:	For detection of pesticide residues in farm produce; For use in food industry to detect contamination of products delivered prior to export; For Domestic use after purchase of organic fruits and vegetables.
Developing Agency:	Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), Mumbai, Maharashtra

Brief Description

Description :

Organophosphate (OP) and organocarbamate (OC) pesticides are most commonly used pesticides for agriculture and domestic use. Presence of these insecticides is thus expected in the soil samples, water resources and in food commodities (vegetables, fruits and spices). A simple visual detection method for presence of these pesticides in food samples will be useful for farmers, traders and consumers. BARC has developed a colorimetric visual biosensor kit (BioKit) for detection of safe levels of OP (Methyl parathion, Parathion, Monocrotophos, Chlorpyrifos, Phorate, Profenfos, Quinalphos and Dichlorvos) and OC (Aldicarb, Carbaryl, Carbofuran, Carbosulfan) pesticides.