Foliar deposition and off-target loss with different spray techniques in nursery applications

Transactions of the ASABE

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 325-334

  Zhu, H ^a   Derksen, R C ^a   Guler, H ^b   Krause, C R ^a   Ozkan, H E ^b  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Air blast sprayer; Air induction nozzle; Airborne; Drift; Drift retardant; Ground deposit; Low drift nozzle; Nursery crop; Spray nozzle

Indexed keywords

AIR BLAST SPRAYER; AIR-INDUCTION NOZZLE; AIRBORNE; DRIFT; DRIFT RETARDANT; GROUND DEPOSIT; LOW-DRIFT NOZZLE; NURSERY CROP; SPRAY NOZZLE;

AGRICULTURE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NOZZLES; WIND TUNNELS;

SPRAYING;

CANOPY; DEPOSITION; SPRAY; WIND TUNNEL;

AGRICULTURE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; SPRAYING;

EID: 33646851286     PISSN: 21510032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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