A system to assess the mass balance of spray applied to tree crops

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1689-1694

  Balsari, P ^a   Marucco, P ^a   Tamagnone, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Mass balance; Orchard; Potential drift; Spray drift; Vineyard

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING; CROPS; FORESTRY; PESTICIDES; PLANTS (BOTANY);

POTENTIAL DRIFT; SPRAY DRIFT; TREE CROPS; VINEYARDS;

SPRAYING;

PESTICIDE APPLICATION;

BIOCIDES; MATERIALS BALANCE; ORCHARDS; PLANTS; SPRAYING;

EID: 28944436699     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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