Descriptive list

The statutory mandate of the JKI is the registration of successfully tested plant protection equipment according to § 52 (2) German plant protection act in the descriptive list. The descriptive list consists of 6 sections with different testing methods:

• Section  "Survey of documents": model of equipment tested in the context of the survey of documents or equipment which has been announced to the JKI until the 14 December 2014.
• Section "Visual inspection": model of equipment tested in the context of the technical inspection. 
• Section  ENTAM: Plant protection equipment and parts are tested by the Institute according to the guidelines of ENTAM.
• Section "Approved plant protection equipment": Plant protection equipment and parts are tested by the Institute according to the approval procedure.
• Section "Register of loss reducing equipment-drift reduction": Plant protection equipment and parts with drift reducing qualities successfully tested by the JKI. Use ordinances of many plant protection products refer to these drift reducing characteristics.
• Section "Register of loss reducing equipment-reduction of plant protection product": Model of plant protection equipment which are proofed to save plant protection products in different crops and growing stages.

Lists of seed coating facilities and seed drills

Another statutory mandate of the JKI is the listing of successfully tested seed coating facilities and seed drills. The Institute maintains

• the list of seed treating facilities with quality assurance systems for dust reduction and
• the list of drift-reducing seed drills and maize seed drills

National Inspection of Plant Protection Equipment in Use

The Institute is in charge of the coordination of the national inspection of plant protection equipment in use. Together with the experts of the federal states, uniform regulations and standards are determined. The inspections are conducted by the federal states in officially approved inspection workshops.