The effect of some adjuvants on sprays produced by agricultural flat fan nozzles

Crop Protection

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 41-50

  Butler Ellis, M C ^a   Tuck, C R ^a   Miller, P C H ^a  

^a SILSOE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adjuvants; Droplet size; Spray formation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0006356179     PISSN: 02612194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0261-2194(96)00065-8     Document Type: Article

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