Advances in developing a new test method to assess spray drift potential from air blast sprayers

Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2017, Pages

  Grella, Marco ^a   Gil, Emilio ^b   Balsari, Paolo ^a   Marucco, Paolo ^a   Gallart, Montserrat ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fan air flow rate; Nozzles; Spray drift test bench; Sprayer settings; Vineyard and orchard sprayers

Indexed keywords

EID: 85033383976     PISSN: 1695971X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5424/sjar/2017153-10580     Document Type: Article

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