Performance evaluation of a newly developed variable-rate sprayer for nursery liner applications

Transactions of the ASABE

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1997-2007

  Jeon, H Y ^a   Zhu, H ^a   Derksen, R C ^a   Ozkan, H E ^b   Krause, C R ^a   Fox, R D ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Automatic sprayer; Pesticide application; Spray deposit; Spray volume saving; Ultrasonic sensor

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION RATES; AUTOMATIC SPRAYER; DROPLET DENSITY; FIELD TEST DATA; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION; SPRAY VOLUME SAVING; TREE CANOPY; TREE SPACING; VARIABLE RATE; WATER SENSITIVE PAPER;

DROPS; FORESTRY; PESTICIDES; ULTRASONIC SENSORS; WATERWORKS;

DEPOSITS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AUTOMATION; CANOPY; DATA SET; DROPLET; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LINER; MODEL VALIDATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PESTICIDE APPLICATION; SAMPLER; SENSOR; ULTRASONICS;

BIOCIDES; DEPOSITS; DROPS; FORESTRY; SENSORS; SPRAYERS; ULTRASONIC FREQUENCIES;

TOBACCO RATTLE VIRUS;

EID: 84863420973     PISSN: 21510032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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