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Construction of a High-Clearance Plot Sprayer

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

Ellis W. Chenault  and
Allen F. Wiese
Ellis W. Chenault
Affiliation:
Tex. Agric. Exp. Stn., USDA Conserv. Prod. Res. Lab., Bushland, TX 79012
Allen F. Wiese
Affiliation:
Tex. Agric. Exp. Stn., USDA Conserv. Prod. Res. Lab., Bushland, TX 79012
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Abstract

Weed control research includes comparisons of herbicides, spray volumes, carriers, and application times in tall crops such as grain sorghum and corn. To accomplish this, a plot sprayer was constructed on a 15-kW tractor with 1.5-m clearance. Ten spray cans held spray mixes that were propelled by compressed air supplied by a two-cylinder single-stage compressor. Using this sprayer, two people could spray up to 66 plots per h to evaluate herbicides, growth regulators, and insecticides in tall weeds and crops using different speeds, controlled droplet applicators, rope wicks, or air-assist nozzles at low- and high-spray volumes.

Keywords

Grain sorghum, Sorghum bicolor (L.)Moenchcorn, Zea mays L.Plot sprayerhigh clearance
Type
Research
Information
Weed Technology , Volume 3 , Issue 4 , December 1989 , pp. 659 - 662
Copyright
Copyright © 1989 by the Weed Science Society of America 

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