β-cyclodextrin(β-CD) was investigated to increase the apparent aqueous solubility of three organic pesticides. The results show that the apparent solubility of sevin, pentachlorophenol were significantly increased by β-cyclodextrin ,but solution of cowbendazim was decreased. The relative aqueoud-phase concentration (St/S0) of the pesticides increased linearly with increasingβ-cyclodextrin concentration (sevin: St/S0=0.1185C0+1.039; nitro fen: St/S0=0.17 C0+0.81;cowbendazim: St/S0=0.546 C0+1.12). the capacity of solubil...