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The 1999 Brighton Conference
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WEDNESDAY 17 NOVEMBER

PROGRAMME

SESSION 5B: HERBICIDE APPLICATION TECHNOLOGY


Chairman & Session Organiser: Mr D A Webb (IACR-Long Ashton, Bristol, UK)


Chairman's introduction

Factors influencing the risk of drift into field boundaries
P C H Miller, Silsoe Research Institute, Bedford, UK

An appraisal of nozzles and sprayers abilities to meet regulatory demands for reduced airborne drift and downwind fallout from arable crop spraying
W A Taylor, Hardi International A/S, Taastrup, Denmark
S E Cooper, Harper Adams University College, Newport, UK
P C H Miller, Silsoe Research Institute, Bedford, UK


Herbicide performance with low volume low-drift and air-inclusion nozzles
P K Jensen, Danish Institute of Agricultural Science, Flakkebjerg, Denmark

The distribution and retention of sprays on contrasting targets using air-inducing and conventional nozzles at two wind speeds
S E Cooper, Harper Adams University College, Newport, UK
B P Taylor, Consultant, Towcester, UK

Guidelines on nozzle selection for conventional sprayers
E S Powell and J H Orson, Morley Research Centre, Wymondham, UK
P C H Miller, Silsoe Research Institute, Bedford, UK

The development of a twin-fluid nozzle for precision agriculture
J H Combellack, Spray Smart Enterprises, Victoria, Australia
P C H Miller, Silsoe Research Institute, Bedford, UK