Developing strategies to reduce spray drift in pneumatic spraying in vineyards: Assessment of the parameters affecting droplet size in pneumatic spraying

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 616-617, Issue , 2018, Pages 805-815

  Miranda Fuentes, A ^a   Marucco, P ^b   Gonzalez Sanchez E J ^a   Gil, E ^c   Grella, M ^b   Balsari, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Droplet homogeneity; Droplet size; Pneumatic spraying; Spray drift; Spray technology

Indexed keywords

HOSE; LIQUIDS; PNEUMATICS;

AIR FLOW-RATE; AIR SPEED; DEVELOPING STRATEGY; DROPLET HOMOGENEITY; DROPLETS SIZES; LIQUID FLOW RATES; PNEUMATIC SPRAYING; SPRAY DRIFT; SPRAY DROPLET SIZES; SPRAY TECHNOLOGIES;

DROPS;

AIRFLOW; ASSESSMENT METHOD; DROPLET; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; HOMOGENEITY; PARAMETERIZATION; STRATEGIC APPROACH; VINEYARD;

ACCURACY; AEROSOL; AIR PRESSURE; AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW RATE; NONHUMAN; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; PNEUMATIC SPRAYER; PNEUMATIC SPRAYING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPROUT; VINEYARD; WATER POLLUTION; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 85032187878     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.10.242     Document Type: Article

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