Cultivation and sampling method

A cultivation and sampling method for plants grown in a multipart sampling device, wherein the sampling device provides an upper section having an upper section identifier and with a number of cultivation containers, and a lower section having a lower section identifier and with an equal number of sample containers, and wherein the upper section in an assembly position of the sampling device is connected in such a manner to the lower section that the sample containers corresponding to the cultivation containers are arranged below the very same, the method comprising:

• during a cultivation phase, in the upper section of the sampling device, the plants are grown in the cultivation containers filled with a substrate and/or nutrients;
• separating the root parts provided in the lower section from the plants with a cutter after the roots of the plants have been grown through a bottom opening provided on each cultivation container into the sample container provided underneath in the assembly position of the sampling device;
• during an analysis phase, the lower section of the sampling device with the root parts therein is supplied to an analysis device and a phenotypic description and/or molecular biological testing is performed for the different root parts;
• and
• during a selection phase, the upper section of the sampling device with the vital plants therein is supplied to a selection device and positioned.