Influence of liquid-volume and airflow rates on spray application quality and homogeneity in super-intensive olive tree canopies

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 537, Issue , 2015, Pages 250-259

  Miranda Fuentes, Antonio ^a   Rodríguez Lizana, Antonio ^b   Gil, Emilio ^c   Aguera Vega J ^a   Gil Ribes, Jesús A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Airblast sprayer; Application efficiency; Application homogeneity; Spray coverage; Spray deposition

Indexed keywords

CROPS; DEPOSITS; EFFICIENCY; LIQUIDS; PESTICIDES;

AIRBLAST SPRAYERS; MEDITERRANEAN BASIN; POLLUTION LEVEL; SPRAY APPLICATION; SPRAY COVERAGE; SPRAY DEPOSITION; SPRAY PENETRATION; SUSTAINABLE PESTICIDE USE;

AIR;

AIR QUALITY; AIRFLOW; CANOPY; DICOTYLEDON; HOMOGENEITY; PESTICIDE APPLICATION;

AGRICULTURAL PARAMETERS; AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; CANOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FLOW RATE; LIQUID VOLUME; NONHUMAN; OLIVE TREE; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPRAY COVERAGE; SPRAY EFFICIENCY; SPRAY HOMOGENEITY; SPRAY PENETRATION; VOLUME; AGRICULTURE; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; CROP; EUROPE; INSECT CONTROL; PROCEDURES;

EUROPE;

AIR POLLUTANT; PESTICIDE;

AGRICULTURE; AIR POLLUTANTS; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; EUROPE; INSECT CONTROL; OLEA; PESTICIDES;

EID: 84941276126     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.08.012     Document Type: Article

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