This work reports on glutathione modified Ag nanoparticles (GSH-Ag NPs) as a chemosensor for detecting pyrimethanil in an aqueous medium. The GSH-Ag NPs were expediently obtained by reducing AgNO3 with NaBH4 and modified with glutathione based on the Ag-S bond. The rapid discrimination for pyrimethanil from other pesticides exhibited the high selectivity of GSH-Ag NPs, then the selectivity was proved by 1H NMR, FT-IR and computational simulation. Based on the good properties of localized surface plasmon resonance, the selective recognition was ...