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Efficiency of a Tractor-Mounted Field Sprayer

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

J. R. Baur ,
R. W. Bovey ,
R. E. Meyer ,
T. O. Flynt  and
T. E. Riley
J. R. Baur
Affiliation:
Plant Sci. Res. Div., Agr. Res. Serv., U.S. Dep. of Agr., Dep. of Range Sci., Texas A&M Univ., College Station, Texas 77843
R. W. Bovey
Affiliation:
Plant Sci. Res. Div., Agr. Res. Serv., U.S. Dep. of Agr., Dep. of Range Sci., Texas A&M Univ., College Station, Texas 77843
R. E. Meyer
Affiliation:
Plant Sci. Res. Div., Agr. Res. Serv., U.S. Dep. of Agr., Dep. of Range Sci., Texas A&M Univ., College Station, Texas 77843
T. O. Flynt
Affiliation:
Plant Sci. Res. Div., Agr. Res. Serv., U.S. Dep. of Agr., Dep. of Range Sci., Texas A&M Univ., College Station, Texas 77843
T. E. Riley
Affiliation:
Plant Sci. Res. Div., Agr. Res. Serv., U.S. Dep. of Agr., Dep. of Range Sci., Texas A&M Univ., College Station, Texas 77843
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Abstract

Samples of the spray pattern delivered by a tractormounted field sprayer were intercepted with 10 petri dishes divided between two heights in each of eight plots sprayed with 1.12 kg/ha of 4-amino-3,5,6-trichloropicolinic acid (picloram). The sprayer produced predictable residues on the intercept plates; no differences occurred between residues collected at ground level and 46 cm above the ground; and no differences occurred between replicate plots. Fractionation and analysis of specific plant parts, whose position relative to direction of spray and surrounding brush had been noted, revealed that the spray system delivered uniform coverage almost regardless of brush orientation.

Type
Research Article
Information
Weed Science , Volume 20 , Issue 4 , July 1972 , pp. 317 - 319
Copyright
Copyright © Weed Science Society of America 

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