Presented in this paper is an annual review of literatures published in 2018 on topics relating to analytical methods for pesticides and herbicides. According to the different techniques, this review is divided into six sections, including extraction methods; chromatographic or mass spectrometric techniques; electrochemical techniques; spectrophotometric techniques; chemiluminescence and fluorescence methods; and biochemical assays.Practitioner points
Totally 134 relevant research articles are summarized.
The review is divided into six parts according to the techniques.
Chromatographic and mass spectrometric methods are the most widely used.
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