DROPLET SIZE AND AGRICULTURAL SPRAYING .1. ATOMIZATION, SPRAY TRANSPORT, DEPOSITION, DRIFT, AND DROPLET SIZE MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES

Authors
HEWITT A
Citation
A. Hewitt, DROPLET SIZE AND AGRICULTURAL SPRAYING .1. ATOMIZATION, SPRAY TRANSPORT, DEPOSITION, DRIFT, AND DROPLET SIZE MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES, Atomization and sprays, 7(3), 1997, pp. 235-244
Citations number
72
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering, Chemical","Engineering, Mechanical","Material Science","Physics, Applied",Engineering
Journal title
Atomization and sprays → ACNP
ISSN journal
10445110
Volume
7
Issue
3
Year of publication
1997
Pages
235 - 244
Database
ISI
SICI code
1044-5110(1997)7:3<235:DSAAS.>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
A review article is presented discussing the importance of droplet siz e in the application of sprays for pest control and crop protection. T his includes the effect of droplet size on deposition, spray transport and drift. Droplet size characterization techniques are also discusse d.