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A NEW TECHNIQUE FOR THE ACCURATE AERIAL APPLICATION OF HERBICIDES TO DRAINAGE CHANNELS WITH NEGLIGIBLE SPRAY DRIFT
Author(s) -
ROBSON T. O.,
LITTLE E. C. S.,
JOHNSTONE D. R.,
HILL R. F.
Publication year - 1966
Publication title -
weed research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.693
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1365-3180
pISSN - 0043-1737
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-3180.1966.tb00890.x
Subject(s) - aerial application , nozzle , phragmites , hydrology (agriculture) , drainage , environmental science , physics , agronomy , biology , pesticide , ecology , geology , geotechnical engineering , thermodynamics , wetland
Summary. Difficulties of access met with in Britain when applying dalapon to emergent water weeds in drainage channels led to work starting in 1964 on the development of a method of accurate aerial application of aqueous solutions of herbicide. The narrow, sinuous nature of the targets and the proximity of susceptible crops made it necessary to minimize spray drift and maintain a constant height and a slow speed. Nozzles designed to give large droplets were tested for droplet size and distribution. Selected nozzles were then tested from a helicopter in the field and the effect of their spray characteristics on the biological performance of dalapon was assessed. No daman occurred as a result of spray drift and satisfactory control of Phragmites communis, Typha angustifolia and T. latifolia was achieved with a lower dose of dalapon in a lower volume of spray than previously considered necessary for ground applications. Une nouvelle technique pour l'application précise d'herbicides par voie aérienne sur les canaux de drainage, avec des risques négligeables d'entrainement