Syngenta Crop Protection, Inc.

Peter Obergfell

Helmut Kessmann

Harald Danigel

Gerhard Klokow

J&ouml;rg Mentzen

In a testing system for chemical substances or substance mixtures, especially for potential plant protection compositions, the chemical substance to be tested or the substance mixture to be tested is applied to a test specimen, especially to plants or parts of plants. When a predetermined period of time has elapsed, the test specimen is examined for the activity of the substance or substance mixture. For this purpose, first of all a type of test specimen is selected from a stock of test specimens, and the substances to be tested are selected from a stock of substances to be tested. The selected type of test specimen and the selected substances are identified (BC , BC ) by means of a machine-readable code and those codes are supplied to a memory unit ( ). The test specimens are placed in readiness in a carrier plate ( ), for which purpose each test specimen or a section (BR) of test specimen is deposited in a well ( ) that is provided in the carrier plate ( ) and that is partly filled with a nutrient solution ( ). Then a spraying device ( ) is inserted into the well ( ) of the carrier plate ( ) and sprays the test specimen deposited therein with the selected substance and is then removed from the well ( ) again or the spraying device is positioned immediately above the well ( ) of the carrier plate ( ) and sprays the test specimen deposited therein with the selected substance.

Testing system for chemical substances or substance mixtures

In a testing system for chemical substances or substance mixtures, especially for potential plant protection compositions, the chemical substance to be tested or the substance mixture to be tested is applied to a test specimen, especially to plants or parts of plants. When a predetermined period of time has elapsed, the test specimen is examined for the activity of the substance or substance mixture. For this purpose, first of all a type of test specimen is selected from a stock of test specimens, and the substances to be tested are selected from a stock of substances to be tested. The selected type of test specimen and the selected substances are identified (BC,, BC,) with a machine-readable code and those codes are supplied to a memory unit (,). The test specimens are placed in readiness in a carrier plate (,), for which purpose each test specimen or a section (BR) of test specimen is deposited in a well (,) that is provided in the carrier plate (,) and that is partly filled with a nutrient solution (,). Then a spraying device (,) is inserted into the well (,) of the carrier plate (,) and sprays the test specimen deposited therein with the selected substance and is then removed from the well (,) again or the spraying device is positioned immediately above the well (,) of the carrier plate (,) and sprays the test specimen deposited therein with the selected substance.

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