Evaluation of the practical performance of a commercially available ELISA kit in the analysis of residual imidacloprid in agricultural products

Abstract

A commercially available ELISA kit was evaluated for its practical performance in the analysis of residual imidacloprid in agricultural products. The recovery and repeatability of the recovery test with the shared tomato samples were satisfactory for all six operators. The recovery of imidacloprid from each of various listed agricultural products was satisfactory, ranging between 94.2% and 132.0%: tomato, strawberry, eggplant, green pepper, cucumber, cabbage, radish, carrot, apple, pear and soybean. The end results clearly indicate the ELISA kit is of potential used in the screening and detection of residual imidacloprid in agricultural products. © Pesticide Science Society of Japan.