Biopesticide Testing
Smithers has years of experience testing biopesticides, from Bt, to microbial pesticides, complex protein and biological chemical extracts, as well as the latest nucleic acid-based pesticides.
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Biopesticide and Pheromone tests offered:
| Tests | Guidelines |
| Ecotoxicology | |
| Freshwater fish | 885.4200 |
| Freshwater invertebrate | 885.4240 |
| Estuarine fish and invertebrate | 885.4280 |
| Non-target plant | 885.4300 |
| Non-target insect | 885.4340 |
| Honeybee oral | 885.4380 |
| Tests | Guidelines |
| Product Analysis | |
| Color | 830.6302 |
| Physical state | 830.6303 |
| Odor | 830.6304 |
| Stability to metals, elevated temp | 830.6313 |
| Ambient storage stability study | 830.6317 |
| Miscibility | 830.6319 |
| Corrosion characteristics | 830.6320 |
| pH | 830.7000 |
| Viscosity | 830.7000 |
| Density | 830.7300 |
| Explosivity | |
| Flash point and flammability | EU method A.9 and CLP |
| Acidity/alkalinity | CIPAC MT 191 |
| Wettability | |
| Persistent foaming | |
| Suspendability and suspension stability/Suspendability | CIPAC MT 184.1 |
| Dry sieve and wet sieve | CIPAC MT 185 |
| Pourability | CIPAC MT 148 |
| Particle size distribution | CIPAC MT 187 (coming soon) |
| Spontaneity of dispersion | CIPAC MT 160 |
| Self-heating | EU method A.15 |