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Effect of Drift Retardant Adjuvants on Spray Droplet Size of Water and Paraffinic Oil Applied at Ultralow Volume

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

James E Hanks
James E Hanks*
Affiliation:
Applic. and Prod. Tech. Res. Unit, Agric. Res. Serv., U.S. Dep. Agric., Stoneville, MS 38776
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Abstract

Adjuvants were evaluated to determine the effect on increasing spray droplet size and reducing the amount of spray dispensed in small driftable size particles when applying water and paraffinic oil at ultralow volume. Spray solutions were applied with an air-assist system at liquid flow rates of 28 and 56 ml/min and atomized with 14, 28, 42, 56, and 84 kPa of air pressure. Water and paraffinic oil were applied alone and with two drift retardant adjuvants mixed individually in each. The two water soluble adjuvants were mixed at concentrations of 0.25, 0.50, 0.75, 1.0, and 2.0%; oil soluble adjuvants were applied at 0.125, 0.25, and 0.50%. Adjuvants used in water and oil were effective at increasing droplet size and reducing the amount of liquid dispensed in small driftable size particles. Effectiveness of the adjuvants decreased as air pressures increased, with water soluble adjuvants being more susceptible to air pressure. Volume median diameters > 200 μm with water could be achieved without adjuvants; whereas with oil, an adjuvant was required.

Keywords

Application technologyair-assistdiluentcarrier
Type
Research
Information
Weed Technology , Volume 9 , Issue 2 , June 1995 , pp. 380 - 384
Copyright
Copyright © 1995 by the Weed Science Society of America 

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