A MEASUREMENT OF THE TOTAL MASS OF SPRAY AND IRRIGATION MIXTURES INTERCEPTED BY SMALL WHOLE PLANTS

A plant-weighing procedure was used to measure the total mass of spray mixture intercepted by small whole corn and cotton plants, Mixtures o f water and water plus crop oil concentrate or spreader-sticker were a pplied at spray volumes of 280 to 28,000 L/ha. The plants were weighed before and after passing under the spray and leaf areas, and shoot fr esh and dry weights for each plant were measured. Spray deposition inc reased with spray volumes but not proportionally, Corn plants were lar ger than cotton plants and retained more spray per plant; however, cot ton retained more spray per unit leaf area. The two adjuvants had simi lar effects on deposition, tending to increase it in coin and decrease it in cotton.