Pesticide application methods /
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Hoboken, NJ :
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.,
2025.
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| Edition: | Fifth edition. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
Table of Contents:
- Biological and chemical control in integrated pest management
- Targets for pesticide deposition and their detection using drones and robotic equipment
- Formulation of pesticides and bio- pesticides
- Spray droplets
- Nozzles – hydraulic and pulse- width modulation
- Portable carried hydraulic sprayers
- Power- operated hydraulic sprayers (electric power)
- Air- assisted sprayers
- Controlled droplet application
- Electrostatic charged sprays
- Using drones to spray crops
- Aerial spraying using manned aircraft and helicopters
- Spray drift
- Seed treatment, dust and granule application
- Space treatment by fogging
- Specialist application techniques using robots
- Application of bio- pesticides
- Equipment for laboratory and field trials
- Training spray operators
- Regulations related to toxicity of pesticides and labelling
- Safety precautions when applying pesticides
- Standards for application equipment
- Maintenance of equipment.