Air and spray distribution from an air-carrier sprayer

Applied Engineering in Agriculture

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 539-545

  Salyani, M ^a   Hoffmann, W C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Air velocity; Anemometry; Citrus orchard; Colorimetry; Deposition; Spray volume; Sprayers

Indexed keywords

AIR; APPLICATORS; COLORIMETRY; COPPER COMPOUNDS; DEPOSITION; MIXTURES; ORCHARDS; SPRAYED COATINGS;

AIR VELOCITY; AIR-CARRIER SPRAYERS; CITRUS ORCHARD; SPRAY DEPOSITION; SPRAY VOLUME;

SPRAYING;

EID: 0030246042     PISSN: 08838542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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