Coverage and drift produced by air induction and conventional hydraulic nozzles used for orchard applications

Transactions of the ASABE

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1493-1501

  Derksen, Richard C ^a,b   Zhu, Heping ^a   Fox, Robert D ^a   Brazee, Ross D ^a   Krause, Charles R ^a  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Air assist; Air blast; Fruit; Orchard; Spray deposit

Indexed keywords

AIR ASSIST; AIR BLAST; AIR SAMPLER FILTERS; AIRBORNE DEPOSITS; FLUORESCENT TRACERS;

FRUITS; HYDRAULIC EQUIPMENT; NOZZLES; SEDIMENTATION; SPRAYING; SURFACE MORPHOLOGY;

ORCHARDS;

AGRICULTURAL APPLICATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FRUIT; INSTRUMENTATION; ORCHARD; SAMPLING; SEDIMENTATION; TRACER;

MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 36248955151     PISSN: 21510032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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