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Electronic Speed Regulator for Operator-Propelled Plot Sprayers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

John B. Baker
John B. Baker*
Affiliation:
Dep. Plant Pathol. and Crop Physiol., Louisiana Agric. Exp. Stn., Louisiana State Univ., Baton Rouge, LA 70803
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Abstract

Construction and use of a portable electronic metronome as an aid in maintaining the desired speed while spraying with an operator-propelled sprayer is described. Use of such a metronome should minimize fluctuations in spray application caused by variations in walking speed during spraying.

Keywords

Metronomespeed control
Type
Research Article
Information
Weed Science , Volume 31 , Issue 2 , March 1983 , pp. 185 - 186
Copyright
Copyright © 1983 Weed Science Society of America 

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References

Literature Cited

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