Pesticides and Herbicides

Pesticides and Herbicides

Confidently analyze water and soil samples for pesticides and herbicides using Waters advanced separation techniques and various mass spectrometers, including MS/MS, QToF, and high-resolution instruments. Combined with Waters consumables and data management software, your lab can improve throughput, enhance sensitivity, increase accuracy, and ensure compliance.

Confidently analyze water and soil samples for pesticides and herbicides using Waters advanced separation techniques and various mass spectrometers, including MS/MS, QToF, and high-resolution instruments. Combined with Waters consumables and data management software, your lab can improve throughput, enhance sensitivity, increase accuracy, and ensure compliance.

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Overview

Pesticide and herbicide usage continues to increase to meet ever-growing global food demands, but growth in their usage can have significant environmental impact if these compounds leach into surrounding soil and waterways. Strict environmental monitoring is required to protect plants, wildlife, and humans from exposure to these chemicals.

Waters advanced separation techniques coupled to various types of mass spectrometers including MS/MS, QToF, and high-resolution systems are ideal for the detection and identification of pesticides and herbicides. Combined with our analytical standards & reagents, columns, sample preparation products, and data management software, Waters solutions can help your lab increase throughput, enhance sensitivity, improve accuracy, and ensure compliance. With Waters, you can test more water and soil samples for increasing numbers of pesticides and residues—not just at, but below regulatory limits.


Optimize pesticide analysis and quantitation efficiency, improve lab productivity, and ensure food safety and quality regulations are met with Waters extensive portfolio of pesticide testing solutions and expert support.

Applications

Scientists count on robust and sensitive analytical methods for the detection and identification of pesticides and herbicides. Learn more in our application notes below.

Scientists count on robust and sensitive analytical methods for the detection and identification of pesticides and herbicides. Learn more in our application notes below.


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eBook: An Overview of Multi-residue Pesticide Testing

This eBook provides essential guidance on multi-residue pesticide testing, from sample preparation to advanced analysis using LC-MS/MS and GC-MS/MS. Learn how Waters innovative tools and workflows can streamline processes, ensure regulatory compliance, and enhance lab efficiency, helping you safeguard food safety with confidence.

This eBook provides essential guidance on multi-residue pesticide testing, from sample preparation to advanced analysis using LC-MS/MS and GC-MS/MS. Learn how Waters innovative tools and workflows can streamline processes, ensure regulatory compliance, and enhance lab efficiency, helping you safeguard food safety with confidence.


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Solutions


Waters LC-MS and GC-MS systems offer absolute performance in separation and sensitivity for pesticides and herbicides detection and quantitation.

Waters LC-MS and GC-MS systems offer absolute performance in separation and sensitivity for pesticides and herbicides detection and quantitation.

The next generation of GC-MS is here

The next generation of GC-MS is here

Gain confidence in analyte detection with excellent ionization efficiency, selectivity, and high sensitivity, using Waters Atmospheric Pressure Gas Chromatography (APGC), a soft ionization technique, which is convenient to use and can be quickly swapped out to liquid chromatography (LC) when desired.

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Absolute power to easily quantitate your most challenging compounds

Absolute power to easily quantitate your most challenging compounds

Reach lower limits of quantitation with Waters Xevo TQ Absolute, a compact, sustainable tandem quadrupole mass spectrometer that enables you to quantify those challenging small mass, negative ionizing compounds with absolute sensitivity and confidence.

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Defining compact performance - robust sensitivity beyond expectation

Defining compact performance - robust sensitivity beyond expectation

Achieve robust MS sensitivity and superior performance with Waters Xevo TQ-S micro, a compact tandem (triple) quadrupole mass spectrometer, which maximizes laboratory efficiency, delivers outstanding sensitivity and high-quality analytical data.

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Complete coverage for confident characterization

Complete coverage for confident characterization

Maximize sample information for your analytes from detailed characterization to accurate quantitation with Waters Xevo G3 QTof, which is designed to provide consistent performance and robustness with simplicity and range of characterization.

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The next evolution in separation science is here

The next evolution in separation science is here

Minimize metal-sensitive analyte loss and improve recovery with Waters ACQUITY Premier System that delivers a step change in chromatographic performance, lab efficiency, and risk control.

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Performance that drives productivity

Performance that drives productivity

Improve the characterization of your most complex samples and decrease your time to result, while increasing the quality and depth of information with Waters ACQUITY UPLC H-Class PLUS System.

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Complex chromatography challenges, solved

Complex chromatography challenges, solved

Improve your resolving power, lower system volume, and achieve the sharpest peaks with Waters ACQUITY UPLC I-Class PLUS System, which maximizes method resolution and sensitivity and enhances sample characterization.

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Ultimate flexibility for deeper discovery

Ultimate flexibility for deeper discovery

Obtain all-encompassing high-performing LC-MS solution with Waters SYNAPT XS mass spectrometer with the most extensive range of chromatograph inlets for ultimate flexibility.

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Endless possibilities. Limitless research

Endless possibilities. Limitless research

Obtain cyclic ion mobility separation with time-of-flight mass spectrometry with Waters SELECT SERIES Cyclic IMS that enables selection of ions by both mass and mobility to separate by shape as well as m/z for significantly cleaner mass spectral data.

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The data speaks for itself

The data speaks for itself
Retention time regression analysis of GC and LC analyses, indicating no correlation between the two approaches for 73 pesticides analyzed Retention time regression analysis of GC and LC analyses, indicating no correlation between the two approaches for 73 pesticides analyzed.
Screen shot showing the results from injection of increasing concentrations of the Waters pesticide screening mix (PSM) spiked in locally filtered tap water Screen shot showing the results from injection of increasing concentrations of the Waters pesticide screening mix (PSM) spiked in locally filtered tap water. The component summary section (2A) shows a table displaying the mass accuracy (in ppm) of 15 compounds over replicate injections of nine calibration levels. The parameter displayed can easily be changed to another parameter (for example the observed retention time) by clicking in the area highlighted in the red box. The chromatogram section (2B) shows an XIC for all compounds identified from the PSM as well as an XIC for the highlighted compound diuron. Low energy and high energy spectra for the selected component are displayed in the spectra window (2C).
TrendPlot profiles of diquat and paraquat in tap water. TrendPlot profiles of diquat and paraquat in tap water.

Webinars and Resources


  • Application Notebook

Food and Beverage Chemical Contaminant Testing

Food and Beverage Chemical Contaminant Testing
  • Case Study

Growing Demand for Rapid Food Contaminant Detection Spurs New Method Development at NofaLab

Growing Demand for Rapid Food Contaminant Detection Spurs New Method Development at NofaLab
  • eBook

An Overview of the Determination of Highly Polar and Ionic Pesticide Residues by LC-MS/MS

An Overview of the Determination of Highly Polar and Ionic Pesticide Residues by LC-MS/MS
  • White Paper

Investigating a Nitrogen-Only System for GC-MS/MS for Pesticide Residue Analysis in Food

Investigating a Nitrogen-Only System for GC-MS/MS for Pesticide Residue Analysis in Food
  • On Demand Webinar

Historical and Emerging Trends for Residues and Contaminants in Products of Animal Origin

Historical and Emerging Trends for Residues and Contaminants in Products of Animal Origin

Related

Optimize pesticide analysis and quantitation efficiency, improve lab productivity, and meet food safety and quality regulations with Waters pesticide testing solutions and support.

Detect, quantify, and analyze polar pesticide residues with confidence with Waters LC-MS/MS workflows and solutions to avoid false detections.

Efficiently and reliably quantify pesticide residues in food with Waters LC- and GC-MS/MS technologies to target hundreds of analytes per injection in a single streamlined workflow.

Learn more about Pesticides and Herbicides Solutions.

Learn more about Pesticides and Herbicides Solutions.

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