Comparing greenhouse handgun delivery to poinsettias by spray volume and quality

Transactions of the ASABE

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 27-33

  Derksen, Richard C ^a   Frantz, Jonathan ^a   Ranger, Christopher M ^a   Locke, James C ^a   Zhu, Heping ^a   Krause, Charles R ^a  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Deposition; Diseases; Droplet size; Insects; Ornamental plants; Poinsettia; Spray; Tracer

Indexed keywords

DROPLET SIZE; INSECTS; ORNAMENTAL PLANTS; POINSETTIA;

DEPOSITION; DISEASES; DROP FORMATION; FUNGICIDES; INSECTICIDES; PEST CONTROL; PLANTS (BOTANY);

SPRAY GUNS;

ANGIOSPERM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE CONTROL; FUNGICIDE; GREENHOUSE ECOSYSTEM; INSECT; INSECTICIDE; ORNAMENTAL SPECIES; PEST CONTROL; SPRAY;

EUPHORBIA PULCHERRIMA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 41749091588     PISSN: 21510032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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