Effect of emitter type and mounting configuration on spray coverage for solid set canopy delivery system

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

Volumn 112, Issue , 2015, Pages 184-192

  Sharda, Ajay ^a   Karkee, Manoj ^b   Zhang, Qin ^b   Ewlanow, Igor ^c   Adameit, Ute ^c   Brunner, Jay ^d  

^a Kansas State University   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BEUTH UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

^d WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical delivery; Orchard; Precision application; Solid set delivery; Spray emitter

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; ORCHARDS;

AMBIENT CONDITIONS; CANOPY COVERAGE; DELIVERY SYSTEMS; MOUNTING CONFIGURATIONS; PRECISION APPLICATIONS; SPRAY APPLICATION; TARGET MOVEMENTS; WATER SENSITIVE;

MOUNTINGS;

CANOPY; CHEMICAL CONTROL; HEIGHT; INSTALLATION; ORCHARD; PEST CONTROL; SPRAY;

FOREST CANOPY; ORCHARDS; TREES;

EID: 85027930436     PISSN: 01681699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compag.2014.07.012     Document Type: Article

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