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Author(s): Quispe Jacobo Fredy*, Medina Saldivar Carlos, Chirinos Pajuelo Diego
Statement of the Problem: Chenopodium quinoa is an important
nutritional Andean grain produced by farmers in Peruvian highlands
and Plateau. In the last years, new crops like quinoa in Peruvian
coast have been cultivated due to increasing of worldwide demand
of quinoa. However, the growing under this agro climatic condition,
quinoa was more sensitive to plague attacks, and fungus infection,
for those reasons farmers increasing the use of pesticides, which in
many cases exceeded the maximum residue limits established by
International Organizations in food and feed
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