A method for assessing drift potential of a citrus herbicide applicator

HortTechnology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 745-751

  Vanella, Giuseppe ^a   Salyani, Masoud ^a   Balsari, Paolo ^b   Futch, Stephen H ^a   Sweeb, Roy D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Drift test bench; Flat fan nozzle; Fluorometry; Orchard sprays; Spray drift shield; Sprayer ground speed; Wide angle deflector nozzle

Indexed keywords

EID: 83755183776     PISSN: 10630198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/horttech.21.6.745     Document Type: Article

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