SPRAYDRIFT
Best Management Practices to reduce spray drift
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Dipartimento di Economica e Ingeneria Agraria Forestale e Ambientale (DEIAFA), Università di Torino –Via Leonardo da Vinci 44, Grugliasco (TO), Italy Institut Français de la Vigne et du Vin, Domaine de l‘Espiguette F - 30240 LE GRAU DU ROI, France
Inagro vzw Ieperseweg 87 8800 Rumbeke-Beitem, Belgium
Research Institute of Horticulture Konstytucji 3 Maja 1/3, 96-100 Skierniewice, Poland
Julius Kühn-Institut (JKI) Bundesforschungsinstitut für Kulturpflanzen Messeweg 11–12, 38104 Braunschweig, Germany
Knowledge Centre for Agriculture Agro Food Park 15 8200 Aarhus N, Denmark
Universitat Politécnica de Catalunya, C/ Jordi Girona, 31, 08034 Barcelona, Spain
Precondition: APPLICATION SITE Distance between the sensitive area and the spray application site Spraying within the zone of awareness (buffer zone + boom width)
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Fig. 13: Cannon sprayer, very vulnerable to drift.
Fig. 15: Deflector nozzle.
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