Influence of agricultural adjuvants on droplet spectra

Pest Management Science

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 4-16

  Spanoghe, Pieter ^a   De Schampheleire, Mieke ^a   Van Der Meeren, Paul ^a   Steurbaut, Walter ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Adjuvants; Classification; Droplet size; Sprays; V100; VMD

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICAL; ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; LIPID; PESTICIDE; POLYMER; SOLVENT; SURFACTANT; TERPENE;

CROPPING PRACTICE; DROPLET; DRUG; SPECTRUM; SPRAY;

METHODOLOGY; PEST CONTROL; REVIEW; SURFACE TENSION;

AGROCHEMICALS; ALCOHOLS; LIPIDS; PEST CONTROL; PESTICIDE SYNERGISTS; POLYMERS; SOLVENTS; SURFACE TENSION; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS; TERPENES;

EID: 33846550179     PISSN: 1526498X     EISSN: 15264998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ps.1321     Document Type: Review

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