Assessing the optimal liquid volume to be sprayed on isolated olive trees according to their canopy volumes

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 568, Issue , 2016, Pages 296-305

  Miranda Fuentes, A ^a   Llorens, J ^a   Rodriguez Lizana A ^b   Cuenca, A ^a   Gil, E ^c   Blanco Roldan G L ^a   Gil Ribes, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Airblast sprayer; Pesticide; Southern Spain; Specific spray volume

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITS; LABORATORIES; PESTICIDES; WATERWORKS;

AIRBLAST SPRAYERS; ARTIFICIAL TARGETS; CANOPY CHARACTERISTICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS; PESTICIDE APPLICATIONS; SOUTHERN SPAIN; SPECIFIC SPRAY VOLUME; WATER SENSITIVE PAPER;

FORESTRY;

CANOPY; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; PESTICIDE; TREE;

ARTICLE; CANOPY; FIELD STUDY; NONHUMAN; OLIVE TREE; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPAIN; SPECIFIC SPRAY VOLUME; VOLUME; WEATHER;

SPAIN;

EID: 84974856044     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.06.013     Document Type: Article

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