Abstract:High pesticide use，especially in agriculture，can lead to environmental pollution and potentially adverse health effects.As result，pesticide residues end up in different media，including water and food products，which may serve as direct routes for human exposure.There is thus a continuous drive to develop analytical methods for screening and quantification of these compounds in the different environmental media in which they may occur.Development of quantum dot （QD）based sensors for monitoring pesticides has gained momentum in recent years.QD materials have excellent and unique optical properties and have high fluorescence quantum yields compared to other fluorophores.They have thus been used in numerous studies for the development of probes for organic pollutants.The application as fluorescence probes for pesticide detection of QD materials was specifically reviewed in water，fruits and vegetables in this paper.The possible future improvements were discussed to enhance the selectivity and robustness of these sensors.