Evaporation and coverage area of pesticide droplets on hairy and waxy leaves

Biosystems Engineering

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 324-334

  Yu, Y ^a   Zhu, H ^b   Frantz, J M ^b   Reding, M E ^b   Chan, K C ^c   Ozkan, H E ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^c ALBANY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVAPORATION; FUNGICIDES; IMAGE RESOLUTION; INSECTICIDES; POLYETHYLENE OXIDES; STEREO IMAGE PROCESSING; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; CONTROLLED CONDITIONS; DROPLET DIAMETERS; DROPLET EVAPORATION; FATE OF PESTICIDES; PESTICIDE DROPLETS; POLYOXYETHYLENE SURFACTANTS; REGRESSION COEFFICIENT;

DROPS;

EID: 70350004053     PISSN: 15375110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2009.08.006     Document Type: Article

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