Matthews, G. A.

Pesticide application methods / G. A. Matthews ; in collaboration with Roy Bateman and Paul Miller. - 2nd ed. - Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, 2013. - xii, 405 pages: illustrations

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Chemical control in integrated pest management -- Targets for pesticide deposition -- Formulation of pesticides -- Spray droplets -- Hydraulic nozzles -- Manually carried sprayers -- Large-scale farm hydraulic sprayers -- Air-assisted sprayers for orchards -- Controlled droplet application -- Electrostatically charged sprays -- Aerial application -- Spray drift -- Seed treatment and granule application -- Space treatment by fogging -- Specialist application techniques (injection, fumigation and other techniques) -- Application of bio-pesticides -- Maintenance of equipment -- Safety precautions -- Equipment for laboratory and field trials -- Selection of spraying equipment for chemical and biological pesticides.

9781118351246 (epub) 9781118351253 (emobi) 9781118351260 (epdf) 9781118351284 (obook) 9781118351307 (cloth : alk. paper)

2013029870


Pesticides--Application.
Spraying and dusting in agriculture.
Spraying equipment.

SB 953 / .M37 1992

628.1/6842

SB953 / .M37 2013