Coverage and drift produced by air induction and conventional hydraulic nozzles used for orchard applications

2000 ASAE Annual Intenational Meeting, Technical Papers: Engineering Solutions for a New Century

Volumn 1, Issue , 2000, Pages 3131-3149

  Derksen, Richard C ^a   Fox, Robert D ^a   Brazee, Ross D ^a   Krause, Charles R ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Air blast; Air assist; Drift; Orchard; Spray

Indexed keywords

AXIAL FLOW; HYDRAULIC EQUIPMENT; NOZZLES; ORCHARDS; PESTICIDES; SEDIMENTATION; SPRAYING; WIND EFFECTS;

AIR BLASTS; AIR-ASSISTS; AIRBORNE DEPOSITS; DRIFTS;

AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 2342526521     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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