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Research Status, Methods and Prospects of Air-Assisted Spray Technology
Agronomy, 2023 Air-assisted boom sprayer is proven to be one of the best pesticide application methods to achieve uniform deposition of droplets in the canopy and improve the effective utilization of pesticides.
Zhiming Wei +9 more
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Frontiers in Plant Science, 2023 Air-assisted spraying technology is widely used in orchard sprayers to disturb canopy leaves and force droplets into the plant canopy to reduce droplet drift and increase spray penetration.
Shiqun Dai +8 more
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Comparison of Orchard Target-Oriented Spraying Systems Using Photoelectric or Ultrasonic Sensors
Agriculture, 2021 Orchard pesticide off-target deposition and drift cause substantial soil and water pollution, and other environmental pollution. Orchard target-oriented spraying technologies have been used to reduce the deposition and drift caused by off-target spraying
Hanjie Dou +4 more
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Design and Test of a Jet Remote Control Spraying Machine for Orchards
AgriEngineering, 2021 Aimed at issues associated with the poor air supply and poor automatic targeting accuracy of existing orchard sprayers, this paper designs a jet-type orchard remote control sprayer with automatic targeting which is suitable for standardized orchards in ...
Chi Ma, Guanglin Li, Qiangji Peng
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Calibrating Your Orchard Sprayer [PDF]
, 2020 The costs of fungicides, miticides, insecticides, foliar nutrients, wetting agents and plant growth regulators continue to increase. For a full spray program on apples, for example, the cost of spray materials alone could cost $800 to $1700 per acre per ...
Seeley, Earl, Black, Brent
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Key Technologies for an Orchard Variable-Rate Sprayer: Current Status and Future Prospects
Agronomy, 2022 An orchard variable-rate sprayer applies the appropriate amount of plant protection products only where they are needed based on detection data from advanced sensors, a system that has attracted increasing attention.
Zhiming Wei +10 more
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Development and Application Prospects of Pneumatic Electrostatic Sprayer in Orchard [PDF]
, 2017 We firstly introduce existing situations of development of electrostatic spraying technology both at home and abroad. On the basis of such problems as serious drift, loss and deterioration of environment during orchard spraying in Xinjiang, we design and
Shen, Cong-ju +6 more
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Comparison and technical evaluation of electrostatic, micronair and tractor-mounted lance sprayers in order to control (Carpocasa pomonella L) in apple orchards [PDF]
Journal of Agricultural Machinery, 2016 Introduction The efficiency and cost effectiveness of orchard pest management programs are influenced by the skills of managers and sprayer operators who evaluate orchard conditions and alter machine settings and operating techniques to optimize ...
F Amirshaghaghi, M Safari
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HortTechnology, 2021 To optimize pesticide applications to the canopies of deciduous perennial crops, spray volume should be adjusted throughout the year to match the changes in canopy volume and density.
Lloyd L. Nackley +7 more
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Feasibility study of using laser technology for calibrating orchard sprayer machinery. First results
, 2021 The paper reports the first results pertinent to a complex experimental-theoretical study aimed at setting up an instrument, based on laser technology, which should be able to easily calibrate the orchard sprayer machinery.
Pascuzzi S. +3 more
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