Airborne off-target losses and deposition characteristics from a self-propelled, high speed and high clearance ground sprayer

Canadian Journal of Plant Science

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 493-500

  Grover, Raj ^a   Maybank, John ^b   Caldwell, Brian C ^c   Wolf, Thomas M ^c  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b Agvironics Consulting   (Canada)

^c SASKATOON RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Deposition variability; Droplet drift; Droplet size; Droplet volume; Flat fan tips; Pesticide; Spra Coupe

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030764304     PISSN: 00084220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4141/P96-169     Document Type: Article

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