Effects of some agricultural tank-mix adjuvants on the deposition efficiency of aqueous sprays on foliage

Crop Protection

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 27-37

  Holloway, P J ^a   Butler Ellis, M C ^b   Webb, D A ^a   Western, N M ^a   Tuck, C R ^b   Hayes, A L ^a   Miller, P C H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b SILSOE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agricultural adjuvants; Coverage; Droplet size; Image analysis; Liquid properties; Retention

Indexed keywords

EID: 0343183918     PISSN: 02612194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0261-2194(99)00079-4     Document Type: Article

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