| GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW) | | German term or phrase: | Keimungshemmtest | | English translation: | germination inhibition test / bioassay | | Entered by: |  conny |
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Science - Botany / Pflanzenschutzmittel | | German term or phrase: Keimungshemmtest | Aus einem Untersuchungsbericht über die Risiken eines Pflanzenschutzmittels:
Bei Untersuchungen mit dem Mittel an 6 Spezies reagierte die Zwiebel im Keimungshemmtest am empfindlichsten.
germination test or germination inhibition/prevention test
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| | germination inhibition test / bioassay | Explanation:
I would call it "germination inhibition test" or "germination inhibition bioassay", and keep the inhibition in the term, as "germination test" would be the opposite meaning.
http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-01172008-125625/u...
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Note added at 16 mins (2009-09-21 09:45:15 GMT)
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Regarding the link, you can search for both terms I suggested in the pdf-file.
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Note added at 22 mins (2009-09-21 09:50:47 GMT)
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Of course, the results can be the same, if you perform a "Keimungstest" or a "Keimungshemmtest", but the intention for testing is a different one. |
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 Dr. Johanna Schmitt
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Local time: 12:59
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14 mins confidence:   peer agreement (net): +5 | germination inhibition test / bioassay
Explanation:
I would call it "germination inhibition test" or "germination inhibition bioassay", and keep the inhibition in the term, as "germination test" would be the opposite meaning.
http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-01172008-125625/u...
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Note added at 16 mins (2009-09-21 09:45:15 GMT)
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Regarding the link, you can search for both terms I suggested in the pdf-file.
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Note added at 22 mins (2009-09-21 09:50:47 GMT)
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Of course, the results can be the same, if you perform a "Keimungstest" or a "Keimungshemmtest", but the intention for testing is a different one.
| Dr. Johanna Schmitt
Germany
Local time: 12:59
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