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Results of a European programme to compare methods used to test orchard sprayers 1
Author(s) -
MIRALLES A.,
GORRETTA N.,
DUSSERREBRESSON L.,
SEVILA F.,
MILLER P. C. H.,
WALKLATE P.,
VAN ZUYDAM R. P.,
PORSKAMP H. A. J.,
GANZELMEIER H.,
RIETZ S.,
ADET G.,
BALSARI P.,
VANNUCCI D.,
PLANAS S.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
eppo bulletin
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.327
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 1365-2338
pISSN - 0250-8052
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2338.1996.tb01529.x
Subject(s) - orchard , environmental science , meteorology , agricultural engineering , mathematics , statistics , geography , engineering , horticulture , biology
A research programme was set up by European Institutes to compare the testing methods employed by their laboratories to measure characteristic parameters of air‐assisted orchard sprayers. The parameters studied in this programme were: air flow rate, air velocity and liquid distribution. The study showed differences between the laboratories. which could partly be explained as resulting from the measuring devices or the testing methods. Recommendations are given to avoid major measurement errors.