Advanced Routine Method for the Analysis of Pesticide Residues by LV-PTV

The development of advanced methods in pesticide residue screening is an enormous challenge. The scope of pesticides that require monitoring is growing parallel to the scope of matrices that are being investigated. The regulation authorities are continuously lowering the limits of detection whilst the economic pressure for commercial as well as governmental laboratories is increasing. Thus more efficient multi residue methods are essential. However, accuracy and reliability of the analytical results can not be sacrificed during this optimisation process. Traditional instrumentation and methods are limited in fulfilling all these necessities. Modern instrumentation such as fast/low resolution GC