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A comparison of fungicide spray volumes for the control of coffee berry disease
Author(s) -
WALLIS J. A. N.,
FIRMAN I. D.
Publication year - 1967
Publication title -
annals of applied biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.677
H-Index - 80
eISSN - 1744-7348
pISSN - 0003-4746
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-7348.1967.tb04422.x
Subject(s) - acre , berry , biology , fungicide , yield (engineering) , horticulture , sprayer , volume (thermodynamics) , disease control , chemical control , copper , toxicology , agronomy , microbiology and biotechnology , materials science , metallurgy , physics , quantum mechanics
SUMMARY A continuation of previous trials in which three sprayers were used to apply 8.4 g. of Perenox in a range of spray volumes from 0.2 to 1.7 l. per tree confirmed that the volume of spray did not affect greatly the deposit retained on the branch surface. Branches were able to retain up to about 250 mg. Cu/m. 2 and it is considered that a volume equivalent to 100 gal./acre would provide the greatest margin of safety to compensate for inaccuracies of application, while avoiding serious run‐off. Where coffee was well pruned, intensive copper spraying raised the annual yield by about 2 cwt. of clean coffee per acre. Copper spraying did not provide an adequate control of coffee berry disease and, under certain circumstances, increased incidence.