Comparison of spray operator exposure during orchard spraying with hand-held equipment fitted with standard and air injector nozzles

Crop Protection

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 509-516

  Wicke, H ^a   Backer G ^b   Friessleben R ^a  

^a SANOFI   (France)

^b Forschungsanstalt Geisenheim   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dye tracer; Injector nozzle; Operator exposure

Indexed keywords

METHODOLOGY; ORCHARD; PESTICIDE;

EID: 0344069590     PISSN: 02612194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0261-2194(99)00053-8     Document Type: Article

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