How adjuvants influence spray formation with different hydraulic nozzles

Crop Protection

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 101-109

  Butler Ellis, M C ^a   Tuck, C R ^a  

^a SILSOE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adjuvants; Droplet size; Spray formation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033104596     PISSN: 02612194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0261-2194(98)00097-0     Document Type: Article

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