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Development of an Experimental Plot Sprayer

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

Roger Chagnon ,
Diane L. Benoit  and
Eva Grunfeld
Roger Chagnon
Affiliation:
Res. Stn., Agric. Canada, 430 Gouin Blvd., St.-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada J3B 6Z8
Diane L. Benoit
Affiliation:
Res. Stn., Agric. Canada, 430 Gouin Blvd., St.-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada J3B 6Z8
Eva Grunfeld
Affiliation:
Res. Stn., Agric. Canada, 430 Gouin Blvd., St.-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada J3B 6Z8
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Abstract

An experimental plot sprayer, with a new mixing chamber and water measuring system, was developed to minimize operator exposure to pesticides during mixing and rinsing. Premeasured herbicide samples in 50-ml capped test tubes are emptied into the mixing chamber, and water is measured, rinses the test tube, and drains into the chamber to produce the spraying volume. This system eliminates operator contact with the chemicals and can be flushed quickly between plots to eliminate contamination. Rinsing efficiency with atrazine was greater for a suspension than a wettable powder formulation but less than 0.1% of the initial concentration was detected in water following the first or second rinsing.

Keywords

Atrazine, 6-chloro-N-ethyl-N′-(1-methylethyl)-1,3,5-triazine-2,4-diamineResidueexperimental plot sprayeratrazine
Type
Research
Information
Weed Technology , Volume 4 , Issue 1 , March 1990 , pp. 44 - 47
Copyright
Copyright © 1990 Weed Science Society of America 

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