A portable rainfall simulator for evaluating the wet deposition of plant pathogens

Applied Engineering in Agriculture

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 71-78

  Dufault, Nicholas S ^a   Isard, Scott A ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerobiology; Pathogen dispersal; Spore deposition

Indexed keywords

AEROBIOLOGY; DROP DIAMETERS; DROP VOLUME; EFFECTIVE TOOL; FIELD CROPS; FUNGAL SPORES; NOZZLE PRESSURE; PLANT CANOPIES; PLANT PATHOGEN; RAINFALL INTENSITY; RAINFALL SIMULATORS; SIMULATED RAINFALL; SINGLE NOZZLE; WATER VOLUMES; WET DEPOSITION;

CROPS; NOZZLES; RAIN; SIMULATORS;

PATHOGENS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI;

EID: 77949290654     PISSN: 08838542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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