Techniques for measurement of droplet size and velocity distributions in agricultural sprays

Crop Protection

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 619-628

  Tuck, C R ^a   Butler Ellis, M C ^a   Miller, P C H ^a  

^a SILSOE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Droplet size; Droplet velocity; Nozzle performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 0343376108     PISSN: 02612194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0261-2194(97)00053-7     Document Type: Article

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