%0 Journal Article %T Evaluation of the performance of a castor-oil based formulation in limiting pesticide residues in strawberry crops %A Galhiane %A M¨¢rio S¨¦rgio %A Rissato %A Sandra Regina %A Santos %A Luc¨ªdio de Sousa %A Chierice %A Gilberto Orivaldo %A Almeida %A Marcos Vin¨ªcius de %A Fumis %A Terezinha %A Chechim %A In¨ºs %A Sampaio %A Alo¨ªsio Costa %J Qu¨ªmica Nova %D 2012 %I Sociedade Brasileira de Qu¨ªmica %R 10.1590/S0100-40422012000200021 %X a study was made to evaluate the effect of a castor oil-based detergent on strawberry crops treated with different classes of pesticides, namely deltamethrin, folpet, tebuconazole, abamectin and mancozeb, in a controlled environment. experimental crops of greenhouse strawberries were cultivated in five different ways with control groups using pesticides and castor oil-based detergent. the results showed that the group 2, which was treated with castor oil-based detergent, presented the lowest amount of pesticide residues and the highest quality of fruit produced. %K pesticide residue %K ricinus communis %K castor oil plant. %U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0100-40422012000200021&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en