Pesticide Application Methods, 3rd Edition [3 ed.] 0632054735, 9780632054732

Pesticide Application Methods is the standard work for all those involved in crop protection. This fully revised edition

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Table of contents :
Pesticide Application Methods......Page 1
Contents......Page 5
Preface to third edition......Page 7
Acknowledgements......Page 9
Conversion tables......Page 11
Pesticide calculations......Page 13
Units, abbreviations and symbols......Page 15
1 Chemical control in integrated pest management......Page 18
2 Targets for pesticide deposition......Page 34
3 Formulation of pesticides......Page 68
4 Spray droplets......Page 91
5 Hydraulic nozzles......Page 120
6 Manually-operated hydraulic sprayers......Page 149
7 Power-operated hydraulic sprayers......Page 167
8 Controlled droplet application......Page 200
9 Electrostatically charged sprays......Page 219
10 Air-assisted sprayers......Page 233
11 Space treatment by fogging......Page 257
12 Seed treatment, dust and granule application......Page 270
13 Aerial application......Page 285
14 Injection, fumigation and other techniques......Page 321
15 Maintenance of equipment......Page 333
16 Safety precautions......Page 346
17 Application of biopesticides......Page 367
18 Equipment for laboratory and field trials......Page 375
19 Selection of application equipment for chemical and biological pesticides......Page 385
References......Page 395
Appendix I International Standards Relating to Pesticide Application......Page 441
Index......Page 443

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