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Reducing Herbicide Particle Drift: Effect of Hooded Sprayer and Spray Quality

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 November 2018

Henry C. Foster ,
Benjamin P. Sperry ,
Daniel B. Reynolds Open the ORCID record for Daniel B. Reynolds [Opens in a new window] ,
Greg R. Kruger Open the ORCID record for Greg R. Kruger [Opens in a new window]  and
Steve Claussen
Henry C. Foster
Affiliation:
Graduate Student, Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, USA
Benjamin P. Sperry
Affiliation:
Graduate Student, Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, USA
Daniel B. Reynolds*
Affiliation:
Professor and Endowed Chair, Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, USA
Greg R. Kruger
Affiliation:
Associate Professor and Extension Specialist, University of Nebraska, North Platte, NE, USA
Steve Claussen
Affiliation:
President of Willmar Fabrications LLC, Willmar, MN, USA
*
Author for correspondence: Daniel B. Reynolds, Professor and Endowed Chair, Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, Mississippi State University, 32 Creelman Street, Mississippi State, MS 39762. (E-mail: dreynolds@pss.msstate.edu)
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Abstract

A field study was conducted in 2015 and 2016 to compare particle drift of glyphosate using a fluorescent tracer dye applied with hooded and open sprayers at four spray qualities (Fine [F], Medium [M], Very-Coarse [VC], and Ultra-Coarse [UC]). F and M spray qualities exhibited up to 86% and 56% less drift, respectively, out to 31 m downwind with the hooded sprayer than with the open sprayer. Conversely, VC and UC spray qualities were not affected by sprayer type out to 31 m downwind. From 43 to 104 m downwind, hooded sprayer applications exhibited approximately 50% less drift than open sprayer applications, regardless of spray quality. From 43 to 89 m downwind, F spray qualities, regardless of sprayer type, exhibited higher drift than all other spray qualities. These data indicate that hooded sprayers considerably reduce drift of all spray qualities at short distances downwind. Additionally, at longer distances downwind, both larger spray qualities and sprayer hoods reduced drift independently.

Keywords

Daniel Stephenson, Louisana State University Agricultural CenterGlyphosateHerbicide application technologyherbicide driftsprayer type
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Research Article
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Weed Technology , Volume 32 , Issue 6 , December 2018 , pp. 714 - 721
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© Weed Science Society of America, 2018. 

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