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A Portable Electric Sprayer for Small Plots

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

Spencer L. Duffy  and
Bernard A. Schneider
Spencer L. Duffy
Affiliation:
Plant Biol. Lab., Tech. Serv. Div., U.S. Environ. Prot. Agency, Agr. Res. Center-East, Bldg. 402, Beltsville, MD 20705
Bernard A. Schneider
Affiliation:
Plant Biol. Lab., Tech. Serv. Div., U.S. Environ. Prot. Agency, Agr. Res. Center-East, Bldg. 402, Beltsville, MD 20705
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Abstract

A portable electric sprayer is described which can be used for greenhouse and small field experiments. It has the flexibility of larger conventional sprayers and precision of laboratory sprayers. The unit is compact, lightweight, and easy to construct.

Type
Research Article
Information
Weed Science , Volume 22 , Issue 6 , November 1974 , pp. 568 - 570
Copyright
Copyright © 1974 by the Weed Science Society of America 

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