Spray coverage and pest management efficacy of a solid set canopy delivery system in high density apples

• Main Authors: Owen‐Smith, Paul, Perry, Ronald, Wise, John, Raja Jamil, Raja Zalinda, Gut, Larry, Sundin, George, Grieshop, Matthew
• Format: Article
• Published: Wiley 2019
• Subjects: S Agriculture (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/23775/; https://doi.org/10.1002/ps.5421

BACKGROUND: Air blast sprayers are not optimized for spraying the short statured trees in modern apple orchards, resulting in off target drift and variable coverage. A solid set canopy delivery system (SSCDS) consisting of a microsprayer array distributed throughout the orchard was investigated as a...