Spray pesticide applications in Mediterranean citrus orchards: Canopy deposition and off-target losses
Only a portion of the water volume sprayed is deposited on the target when applying plant protection products with air-assisted axial-fan airblast sprayers in high growing crops. A fraction of the off-target losses deposits on the ground, but droplets also drift away from the site. This work aimed a...
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| author | Garcerá, Cruz Moltó, Enrique Chueca, Patricia |
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| description | Only a portion of the water volume sprayed is deposited on the target when applying plant protection products with air-assisted axial-fan airblast sprayers in high growing crops. A fraction of the off-target losses deposits on the ground, but droplets also drift away from the site. This work aimed at assessing the spray distribution to different compartments (tree canopy, ground and air) during pesticide applications in a Mediterranean citrus orchard. Standard cone nozzles (Teejet D3 DC35) and venturi drift reducing nozzles (Albuz TVI 80 03) were compared. Applications were performed with a conventional air-assisted sprayer, with a spray volume of around 30001 ha(-1) in a Navel orange orchard. Brilliant Sulfoflavine (BSF) was used as a tracer. Results showed that only around 46% of the applied spray was deposited on the target trees and around 4% of the spray was deposited on adjacent trees from adjoining rows independently of the nozzle type. Applications with standard nozzles produced more potential airborne spray drift (23%) than those with the drift reducing nozzles (17%) but fewer direct losses to the ground (22% vs. 27%). Indirect losses (sedimenting spray drift) to the ground of adjacent paths were around 7-9% in both cases. The important data set of spray distribution in the different compartments around sprayed orchard (air, ground, vegetation) generated in this work is highly useful as input source of exposure to take into account for the risk assessment in Mediterranean citrus scenario. (C) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. |
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| spelling | ReDivia60432025-04-25T14:46:00Z Spray pesticide applications in Mediterranean citrus orchards: Canopy deposition and off-target losses Garcerá, Cruz Moltó, Enrique Chueca, Patricia Only a portion of the water volume sprayed is deposited on the target when applying plant protection products with air-assisted axial-fan airblast sprayers in high growing crops. A fraction of the off-target losses deposits on the ground, but droplets also drift away from the site. This work aimed at assessing the spray distribution to different compartments (tree canopy, ground and air) during pesticide applications in a Mediterranean citrus orchard. Standard cone nozzles (Teejet D3 DC35) and venturi drift reducing nozzles (Albuz TVI 80 03) were compared. Applications were performed with a conventional air-assisted sprayer, with a spray volume of around 30001 ha(-1) in a Navel orange orchard. Brilliant Sulfoflavine (BSF) was used as a tracer. Results showed that only around 46% of the applied spray was deposited on the target trees and around 4% of the spray was deposited on adjacent trees from adjoining rows independently of the nozzle type. Applications with standard nozzles produced more potential airborne spray drift (23%) than those with the drift reducing nozzles (17%) but fewer direct losses to the ground (22% vs. 27%). Indirect losses (sedimenting spray drift) to the ground of adjacent paths were around 7-9% in both cases. The important data set of spray distribution in the different compartments around sprayed orchard (air, ground, vegetation) generated in this work is highly useful as input source of exposure to take into account for the risk assessment in Mediterranean citrus scenario. (C) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. 2018-05-09T16:30:57Z 2018-05-09T16:30:57Z 2017 article acceptedVersion Garcera, C., Molto, E., Chueca, P. (2017). Spray pesticide applications in mediterranean citrus orchards: Canopy deposition and off-target losses. Science of the Total Environment, 599, 1344-1362. 0048-9697 http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11939/6043 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.05.029 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0048969717311282?via%3Dihub en Atribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 3.0 España http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/ embargoedAccess electronico |
| spellingShingle | Garcerá, Cruz Moltó, Enrique Chueca, Patricia Spray pesticide applications in Mediterranean citrus orchards: Canopy deposition and off-target losses |
| title | Spray pesticide applications in Mediterranean citrus orchards: Canopy deposition and off-target losses |
| title_full | Spray pesticide applications in Mediterranean citrus orchards: Canopy deposition and off-target losses |
| title_fullStr | Spray pesticide applications in Mediterranean citrus orchards: Canopy deposition and off-target losses |
| title_full_unstemmed | Spray pesticide applications in Mediterranean citrus orchards: Canopy deposition and off-target losses |
| title_short | Spray pesticide applications in Mediterranean citrus orchards: Canopy deposition and off-target losses |
| title_sort | spray pesticide applications in mediterranean citrus orchards canopy deposition and off target losses |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11939/6043 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0048969717311282?via%3Dihub |
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