Foliar spray banding characteristics

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 37-44

  Womac, A R ^a   Smith, C W ^a   Mulrooney, J E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Application technology; Crop protection; Droplet; Environment; Pesticide reduction; Sprayer efficiency

Indexed keywords

DROP FORMATION; LASER APPLICATIONS; NOZZLES; PESTICIDES; SPRAYING; STATISTICAL METHODS;

BROADCAST APPLICATIONS; CANOPY; CUMULATIVE VOLUME DISTRIBUTIONS (CVD); FOLIAR SPRAY;

AGRICULTURE;

EFFICIENCY; GEOMETRICAL EFFECT; PESTICIDE; SPRAYING;

ANTHONOMUS GRANDIS;

EID: 2342628581     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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