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Spraying liquid insecticides, fungicides and herbicides by plane lessens drift problem
Author
O. C. FrenchAuthor Affiliations
O. C. French, assistant Professor of Agricultural Engineering and Assistant Agricultural Engineer in the Experiment Station, Davis, resigned Sept. 1, 1947.Publication Information
Hilgardia 1(11):3-4. DOI:10.3733/ca.v001n11p3. October 1947.
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Abstract
Spraying insecticides such as DDT in liquid form by airplane may greatly reduce the drifting problem encountered when spreading poisonous dust by plane.
French O. 1947. Spraying liquid insecticides, fungicides and herbicides by plane lessens drift problem. Hilgardia 1(11):3-4. DOI:10.3733/ca.v001n11p3
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