Spray drift and off-target loss reductions with a precision air-assisted sprayer

Transactions of the ASABE

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1273-1281

  Chen, Y ^a   Zhu, H ^b   Ozkan, H E ^a   Derksen, R C ^b   Krause, C R ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Environment pollution; Laser scanner; Orchard; Ornamental nursery; Variable rate sprayer

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENT GROWTH STAGES; DRIFT REDUCTION TECHNOLOGIES; ENVIRONMENT POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTIONS; LASER SCANNER; LASER SCANNING TECHNOLOGY; ORNAMENTAL NURSERY; VARIABLE RATE;

DEPOSITS; LASER APPLICATIONS; ORCHARDS;

FORESTRY;

ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; FOLIAGE; ORCHARD; PESTICIDE APPLICATION; PRECISION; TREE;

DEPOSITS; ENVIRONMENTS; FORESTRY; ORCHARDS; POLLUTION;

EID: 84891382212     PISSN: 21510032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13031/trans.56.10173     Document Type: Article

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