Calibration of greenhouse spray chambers - The importance of dynamic nozzle patternation

Weed Technology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 428-435

  Wolf, Thomas M ^a,b   Liu, Shu Hua ^a   Caldwell, Brian C ^a   Hsiao, Andrew I ^a  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b SASKATOON RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dose response; Droplet size distribution; Flat fan nozzle; Kinematic viscosity; Static surface tension

Indexed keywords

EID: 1842409556     PISSN: 0890037X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0890037x00045218     Document Type: Article

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