Evaporation and deposition coverage area of droplets containing insecticides and spray additives on hydrophilic, hydrophobic, and crabapple leaf surfaces

Transactions of the ASABE

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 39-49

  Yu, Yang ^a,b   Zhu, Heping ^c   Ozkan, H Erdal ^b   Derksen, Richard C ^c   Krause, Charles R ^c  

^a YUNNAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Drift retardant; Droplet size; Evaporation time; Pesticide formulation; Residual pattern; Spray efficiency; Surfactant

Indexed keywords

DRIFT RETARDANT; DROPLET SIZE; EVAPORATION TIME; PESTICIDE FORMULATION; RESIDUAL PATTERN; SPRAY EFFICIENCY; SURFACTANT;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; EVAPORATION; HUMIDITY CONTROL; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; IMAGE RESOLUTION; INSECTICIDES; MIXTURES; PHOTOGRAPHY; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; POLYETHYLENE OXIDES; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; TARGETS; VAPORS;

DROP FORMATION;

DROPLET; EVAPORATION; FRUIT; HYDROPHOBICITY; INSECTICIDE; PESTICIDE APPLICATION; POLYMER; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SURFACTANT;

EID: 60749113427     PISSN: 21510032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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