Optimising the adjustment of label-recommended dose rate for orchard spraying

Crop Protection

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1080-1086

  Walklate, P J ^a   Cross, J V ^b   Richardson, G M ^a   Baker, D E ^a  

^a SILSOE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b EAST MALLING RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

LIDAR; Measurement; Modelling; Plant protection products; Pome fruit; Spraying; Tree row structure

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; LIDAR; ORCHARD;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33746736245     PISSN: 02612194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cropro.2006.02.011     Document Type: Article

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