A high throughput system for analyzing the effect of a liquid formulation on a plant specimen, the system comprising a liquid formulation dispensing subsystem (LFDS), the LFDS comprising: a sample plate platform for holding at least one sample plate including a plurality of wells, and a plurality of the wells having a plant specimen therein; a micro-sprayer assembly including multiple liquid formulation applicators, wherein the sample plate platform is automated and moveable for sequentially positioning select ones of the wells at a well target location, and wherein the applicators are operable to apply discrete amounts of a liquid formulation to the plant specimens within the selected wells when the selected wells are positioned at the well target location; an automated movable liquid formulation platform holding at least one vial rack having placed therein a plurality of rows of vials, the platform operable to position a selected row of vials at a vial target location, a plurality of vials each containing a different liquid formulation; and a formulation withdrawal assembly including a valve assembly having a plurality of uptake probes extending from a bottom edge, the formulation withdrawal assembly operable to: insert each of the uptake probes into a respective one of the vials in the row of vials positioned at the vial target location; withdraw at least a portion of a selected one of the liquid formulations from a respective vial; and provide the withdrawn liquid formulation to the micro-sprayer assembly; wherein the liquid formulation applicators of the micro-sprayer assembly are operable such that while at least one of the plurality of liquid formulation applicators is applying discrete amounts of the liquid formulation to the plant specimens, at least one of the other liquid formulation applicators is undergoing a flushing process. a sample plate platform for holding at least one sample plate including a plurality of wells, and a plurality of the wells having a plant specimen therein; a micro-sprayer assembly including multiple liquid formulation applicators, wherein the sample plate platform is automated and moveable for sequentially positioning select ones of the wells at a well target location, and wherein the applicators are operable to apply discrete amounts of a liquid formulation to the plant specimens within the selected wells when the selected wells are positioned at the well target location; an automated movable liquid formulation platform holding at least one vial rack having placed therein a plurality of rows of vials, the platform operable to position a selected row of vials at a vial target location, a plurality of vials each containing a different liquid formulation; and a formulation withdrawal assembly including a valve assembly having a plurality of uptake probes extending from a bottom edge, the formulation withdrawal assembly operable to: insert each of the uptake probes into a respective one of the vials in the row of vials positioned at the vial target location; withdraw at least a portion of a selected one of the liquid formulations from a respective vial; and provide the withdrawn liquid formulation to the micro-sprayer assembly; insert each of the uptake probes into a respective one of the vials in the row of vials positioned at the vial target location; withdraw at least a portion of a selected one of the liquid formulations from a respective vial; and provide the withdrawn liquid formulation to the micro-sprayer assembly; wherein the liquid formulation applicators of the micro-sprayer assembly are operable such that while at least one of the plurality of liquid formulation applicators is applying discrete amounts of the liquid formulation to the plant specimens, at least one of the other liquid formulation applicators is undergoing a flushing process.