Effect of spray application technique on spray deposition in greenhouse strawberries and tomatoes

Pest Management Science

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 203-212

  Braekman, Pascal ^a   Foque, Dieter ^a   Messens, Winy ^a   van Labeke, Marie Christine ^b   Pieters, Jan G ^b   Nuyttens, David ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURAL AND FISHERIES RESEARCH ILVO   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Air support; Crop protection; Horticulture; Mineral chelates; Spray equipment; Spray nozzle; Vertical spray boom

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY; FRUIT; HORTICULTURE;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; EVALUATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; STRAWBERRY; TOMATO;

AGRICULTURE; FRAGARIA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; ORGANIC CHEMICALS;

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 74349128106     PISSN: 1526498X     EISSN: 15264998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ps.1858     Document Type: Article

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