Impact of the horizontal movements of a sprayer boom on the longitudinal spray distribution in field conditions

Crop Protection

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 813-820

  Ooms, D ^a   Ruter, R ^a   Lebeau, F ^a   Destain, M F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISPERSAL; DROPLET; PESTICIDE;

EID: 0037523409     PISSN: 02612194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0261-2194(03)00045-0     Document Type: Article

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