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July Spray Applications
Integrated Crop Management News
  • Clarke McGrath, Iowa State University
  • H. Mark Hanna, Iowa State University
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
7-10-2014
Abstract

Applicators using ground sprayers for herbicide may be using higher speeds to catch up with weeds and cover more acres in a narrow time window. If so, they should consider the travel speed they've used to calculate appropriate nozzle size. If field speed increases by 25% (e.g., going from 12 to 15 mi/h), spray pressure for a given nozzle must increase by 56% (e.g., from 40 psi to 63 psi) to maintain output. A better choice to reduce smaller droplets and minimize drift would be to increase nozzle size.

Copyright Owner
Iowa State University
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Citation Information
Clarke McGrath and H. Mark Hanna. "July Spray Applications" (2014)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/mark_hanna/154/