Effect of aviation spray adjuvants on defoliant droplet deposition and cotton defoliation efficacy sprayed by unmanned aerial vehicles

Agronomy

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2019, Pages

  Xiao, Qinggang ^a   Xin, Fang ^a   Lou, Zhaoxia ^a   Zhou, Tingting ^a   Wang, Guobin ^b   Han, Xiaoqiang ^a   Lan, Yubin ^b   Fu, Wei ^c  

^a SHIHEZI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SOUTH CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c HAINAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Aviation spray adjuvants; Cotton defoliants; Droplet deposition; Unmanned aerial vehicles

Indexed keywords

EID: 85065896508     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/agronomy9050217     Document Type: Article

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