Spray drift review: The extent to which a formulation can contribute to spray drift reduction

Crop Protection

Volumn 44, Issue , 2013, Pages 75-83

  Hilz, Emilia ^a   Vermeer, Arnoldus W P ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b BAYER CROPSCIENCE AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agricultural spray; Pesticide formulation; Spray atomization; Spray drift; V100; VMD

Indexed keywords

BUFFER ZONE; DROPLET; LITERATURE REVIEW; MITIGATION; PESTICIDE APPLICATION; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPRAY;

EUROPE;

EID: 84869867646     PISSN: 02612194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cropro.2012.10.020     Document Type: Review

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