Analyses

Are you looking for a reliable partner for your agricultural and environmental analyses?

We currently offer around 400 different analysis methods for agricultural inputs, plants, raw products and environmental samples.

Our range of methods covers all relevant inorganic and organic substances and pollutants.

We also carry out studies for you in accordance with the principles of Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) in categories 6 (residue analysis) and 9 (soil analysis).

You can find our accreditation documents and certificates here.

Our range of services

Below you will find the individual range of services, your contact persons and further information - depending on your question. We will be happy to advise you!

Plant analyses

Range of services: Plant/Leaf samples (Agricultue)

Macronutrients (P, K, Mg, Ca, S)
Micronutrients (Fe, Mn, Cu, Zn, B, Mo, Na)
Heavy metals (Pb, Cd, As, Hg, Cr, Ni)
Total nitrogen, nitrate nitrogen
Actice ingredients of plant protection products and their degradation products
PFAS
Radioactivity gamma spectrometry
Radioactivity strontium-90

Order form for nutrient analysis in plants or leaves (German version only)

Sampling protocol and order form for pesticide residue analysis (German version…

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Range of Services: Plant/Leaf samples (Forest)

LUFA Speyer has been cooperating with the Rhineland-Palatinate Research Institute for Forest Ecology and Forestry for more than 40 years and carries out chemical analyses as part of forest environmental monitoring.

The matrices soil, water and plant are analyzed. Sample preparation and analysis is carried out according to the documented methods of the Handbook of Forestry Analysis (HFA).

The following methods are used for plant samples:

Sample preparation (drying and grinding)
Pressure digestion with nitric acid
Determination of elements from the extracts (Al, Ca, Fe, K, Mg, Mn, Na, P,S Se, As, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Hg, Ni, Pb, Zn)
Determination of carbon and nitrogen
Determination of the ash content

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