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Journal of Environmental Protection, 2011, 2, 482-488 doi: 10.4236/jep.2011.24056 Published Online June 2011 (http://www.SciRP.org/journal/jep) Distribution Behaviour of Dimethoate in Tea Leaf 1* 2 2 Shivani Jaggi , Bikram Singh , Adarsh Shanker 1Maya Institute of Technology Management Selaqui, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India, 2Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Tech- nology (IHBT), Council of Scientific Industrial Research, Palampur (Himachal Pradesh), India Email: shivani_jaggi@ Received February 9th, 2011; revised March 17th, 2011; accepted May 2nd, 2011. ABSTRACT A study was undertaken to assess the distribution behaviour of Dimethoate in tea leaf. Tea bushes were subjected to Dimethoate spray at recommended dose and double the recommended doses. The extraction of pesticide was done using chloroform and the analysis was done using a Hewlett-Packard 5890 series II gas chromatograph with Nitrogen Phos- phorus Detector (NPD). The penetration behaviour of Dimethoate was studied in dry and wet seasons. Variations in penetration were observed in dry and wet seasons which was attributed to climatic factors like temperature , humidity, rainfall, sunlight and physicochemical properties of the residue like water solubility, partition coefficient and formula- tion type. Residues observed in the cell wall and tissues confirm its good penetrating ability inspite of its hydrophilic nature. Higher penetration in wet season as indicated can be attributed to the route through the stomatal pores. Keywords : Tea, Cuticle, Dimethoate, Dissipation 1. Introduction is expected to be permeable to various groups of chemi- cals. Pesticide thus could have negative impact both on Tea, Camellia sinensis (L) O. Kurtze, is the most impor-