Analysis of thiamethoxam in bee tissue and pollen by LCMSMS and environmental risk assessment of insecticide thiamethoxam applied to strawberry cultivation on bees Apis mellifera L. and Tetragonisca angustula Latreille (1811)

• Grant number: 18/16244-0
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants
• Start date: April 01, 2019
• End date: March 31, 2021
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Chemistry - Analytical Chemistry
• Principal Investigator: Eny Maria Vieira
• Grantee: Eny Maria Vieira
• Host Institution: Instituto de Química de São Carlos (IQSC). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Carlos , SP, Brazil

Abstract

Thiamethoxam is considered a second generation of neonicotinoid insecticide, widely used in a variety of crops in Brazil and worldwide. Like other nenicotinoids, its toxic effect on the health of pollinating agents has been widely described in the literature and associated with the effects of disorders observed throughout the population, with harmful consequences for agriculture and especially for the survival of the species. The present project aims at the environmental risk assessment of Apis mellifera and Tetragonisca angustula species exposed to thiamethoxam and determination of this insecticide in samples of strawberry pollen and bees. The chemical determination will be optimized using the QuEChERS methodology and LC-MS / MS analysis. The toxic effects will be investigated from acute and chronic exposure, involving different stages of development of bees (adult and larvae) and use of biomarkers of exposure. Palynological analyzes of T. angustula's food preferences will confirm the risk associated with strawberry crops. The risk characterization will then be determined from the risk quotient (QR) calculated from data obtained in this study (determination and toxicity). Thus, it is hoped to contribute to the scientific knowledge involving the impact of this insecticide on the species investigated and the possible adoption of mitigating measures in case of confirmed environmental risk. (AU)

Scientific publications

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BAYODE, AJIBOLA A.; DOS SANTOS, DAYANA M.; OMOROGIE, MARTINS O.; OLUKANNI, OLUMIDE D.; MOODLEY, ROSHILA; BODEDE, OLUSOLA; AGUNBIADE, FOLUSO O.; TAUBERT, ANDREAS; DE CAMARGO, ANDREA S. S.; ECKERT, HELLMUT; et al. Carbon-mediated visible-light clay-Fe2O3-graphene oxide catalytic nanocomposites for the removal of steroid estrogens from water. JOURNAL OF WATER PROCESS ENGINEERING, v. 40, APR 2021. (18/16244-0)

BRIGANTE, JANETE; COSTA, JOYCE OLIVEIRA; ESPINDOLA, EVALDO L. G.; DAAM, MICHIEL A.. Acute toxicity of the insecticide abamectin and the fungicide difenoconazole (individually and in mixture) to the tropical stingless bee Melipona scutellaris. ECOTOXICOLOGY, v. 30, n. 9, AUG 2021. (18/16244-0)

BARBOSA-MEDINA, ANA MARIA; SOARES MACIEL, EDVALDO VASCONCELOS; DOS SANTOS, DAYANA MOSCARDI; LANCAS, FERNANDO MAURO; VIEIRA, ENY MARIA. Neonicotinoids exposure assessment in Africanized honey bees (Apis mellifera L.) by using an environmentally-friendly sample preparation technique followed by UPLC-MS/MS. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND HEALTH PART B-PESTICIDES FOOD CONTAMIN, v. 57, n. 4, p. 11-pg., 2022-02-28. (18/16244-0)

MICHELLETI BURGARELLI, JOSE AUGUSTO; DOS SANTOS, DAYANA MOSCARDI; RIBEIRO PRADO, FERNANDA SCAVASSA; RABELO, WALERIA FERREIRA; SARDELI, RAFAEL; BRIGANTE, JANETE; DAAM, MICHIEL ADRIAAN; VIEIRA, ENY MARIA. Abamectin and difenoconazole monitoring in strawberry flowers and pollen sampled from Tetragonisca angustula (Latreille) (Hymenoptera: Apidae) hives located in crop vicinities. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, v. 30, n. 24, p. 11-pg., 2023-04-21. (18/16244-0)

RIBEIRO DO PRADO, FERNANDA SCAVASSA; DOS SANTOS, DAYANA MOSCARDI; DE ALMEIDA OLIVEIRA, THIESSA MARAMALDO; MICHELETTI BURGARELLI, JOSE AUGUSTO; CASTELE, JANETE BRIGANTE; VIEIRA, ENY MARIA. Determination and uptake of abamectin and difenoconazole in the stingless bee Melipona scutellaris Latreille, 1811 via oral and topic acute exposure. Environmental Pollution, v. 265, n. B, OCT 2020. (18/16244-0)

BAYODE, AJIBOLA A.; VIEIRA, ENY MARIA; MOODLEY, ROSHILA; AKPOTU, SAMSON; DE CAMARGO, ANDREA S. S.; FATTA-KASSINOS, DESPO; UNUABONAH, EMMANUEL I.. Tuning ZnO/GO p-n heterostructure with carbon interlayer supported on clay for visible-light catalysis: Removal of steroid estrogens from water. CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL, v. 420, n. 2, SEP 15 2021. (18/16244-0)

RAHMAN, ASMA; ALI, MIAN ABDUL; XAVIER, CHUBRAIDER; SANTOS, DAYANA MOSCARDI; DAAM, MICHIEL ADRIAAN; AZEVEDO, EDUARDO BESSA; CASTELE, JANETE BRIGANTE; VIEIRA, ENY MARIA. Modified QuEChERS Method for Extracting Thiamethoxam and Imidacloprid from Stingless Bees: Development, Application, and Green Metrics. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, v. 41, n. 10, p. 10-pg., 2022-08-19. (09/53850-6, 18/16244-0)

RIBEIRO DO PRADO, FERNANDA SCAVASSA; DOS SANTOS, DAYANA MOSCARDI; DE ALMEIDA OLIVEIRA, THIESSA MARAMALDO; MICHELETTI BURGARELLI, JOSE AUGUSTO; CASTELE, JANETE BRIGANTE; VIEIRA, ENY MARIA. Determination and uptake of abamectin and difenoconazole in the stingless bee Melipona scutellaris Latreille, 1811 via oral and topic acute exposure. Environmental Pollution, v. 265, p. 10-pg., 2020-10-01. (18/16244-0)