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Boom and broadcast sprayers: Comparative field and laboratory study of spray distribution as applied by two types of sprayers on spotted alfalfa aphid
Authors
Jack E. DibbleR. G. Curley
N. B. Akesson
Authors Affiliations
Jack E. Dibble is Extension Field Technologist in Entomology, University of California, Berkeley; R. G. Curley is Extension Specialist in Agricultural Engineering, University of California, Davis; N. B. Akesson is Associate Professor of Agricultural Engineering, University of California. Davis.Publication Information
Hilgardia 12(1):6-10. DOI:10.3733/ca.v012n01p6. January 1958.
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Abstract
At approximately the same time that maximum control of the spotted alfalfa aphid—Therioaphis maculata (Buckton)—became of great importance, a new boomless sprayer for broadcasting insecticides became popular in some areas.
Dibble J, Curley R, Akesson N. 1958. Boom and broadcast sprayers: Comparative field and laboratory study of spray distribution as applied by two types of sprayers on spotted alfalfa aphid. Hilgardia 12(1):6-10. DOI:10.3733/ca.v012n01p6
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