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Biological effectiveness of electrostatically charged rotary atomisers.
Author(s) -
ARNOLD A. J.,
CAYLEY G. R.,
DUNNE Y.,
ETHERIDGE P.,
GRIFFITHS D. C.,
PHILLIPS F. T.,
PYE B. J.,
SCOTT G. C.,
VOJVODIC P. R.
Publication year - 1984
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.1744-7348.1984.tb03059.x
Subject(s) - biology , aphis , aphid , agronomy , weevil , chemical control
SUMMARY Electrostatic sprayers charged to 30kV and placed 20 cm above the crop increased the chemical deposition of permethrin in field beans and improved control of the pea and bean weevil, Sitona lineatus. Control of the black bean aphid, Aphis fabae , was improved by electrostatic sprayers only when a systemic chemical, demeton‐ S ‐methyl, was used. In spring barley, sprays applied electrostatically or hydraulically gave similar control of barley mildew, Erisyphe graminis.