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Controlled Release of Herbicides—Theory

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

R. L. Collins
Affiliation:
Physics Dep., The Univ. of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712
S. Doglia
Affiliation:
Physics Dep., The Univ. of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712
R. A. Mazak
Affiliation:
Austin Sci. Assoc., Inc., P.O. Box 7728, Austin, Texas 78712
E. T. Samulski
Affiliation:
Chem. Dep., The Univ. of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712

Abstract

The concept of controlled release of herbicides has created in some workers expectations beyond possibility. In this theoretical paper, we examine the results to be expected based on a simplistic model. The purpose of the development is that it serve as a guide to experimentation and as a stimulant to such experimentation by revealing the possible advantages which may occur.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © 1973 Weed Science Society of America 

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