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Air Assisted Spraying – Environment Health Safety...(Table Z) showed that for unearthed collectors, as used in the drift measurements, collection of charged droplets was slightly reduced (-10.4% +/-1.95) compared with the capture of uncharged sprays. Comparing...1991pdfview PDF
Application and Biology – Physics of Application II...in terms of width of droplet spectrum produced. Low pressure nozzles, for example reduce the driftable component of the spray but increase the large (> 350 um) component. This may...1985pdfview PDF
Application and Biology – Biology II...of combined upper and lower leaf surfaces. Experiment C** Experiment Et Experiment Ft Samp ling 1981 1984 1984 Position In tree |COMMAND-|MICRON MICRON-| AU 7000] ELECTRODYN’| KEF MICRONAIR AIR X7...1988pdfview PDF
Insecticide and fungicides Conference Session 8A...of Buckinghamshire (Graham, personal communication); the pest is also well established in Northamptonshire (Brock, personal communication). Excluding standard gamma-BHC seed dressings for the control of seedling pests, surveys in 1974...1975pdfview PDF
BCPC Weeds Conference 1999 – Application Technology...give large drift reductions when compared with conventional flat fan designs operating under comparable conditions and the generation of droplets with “air-inclusions” may meanthat such drift reductions are achieved while...1999pdfview PDF
BCPC Weeds Conference 1999 – Biological Control...rates and, therefore, the reliance on chemical pesticides delaying the onset of possible resistance. By combining the rust Puccinia canaliculata with the herbicide paraquat almost complete control of nutsedge was...1999pdfview PDF
BCPC Weeds Conference 1999 – Organic Farming...management techniques were combined into three broad categories — ‘land preparation’ (rotation, stale seed beds), ‘plant competition’ (competitive varieties, high seed rate) and ‘in-crop measures’ (hand-roguing/weeding, scarification/harrowing, topping/mowing/ grazing) and...1999pdfview PDF
BCPC Weeds Conference 1999 – Posters -Herbicides – Fate and Persistence...a factorial combination of tillage (conventional- vs. no-tillage) and primary fertility source (broiler litter vs. chemical fertilizer). Each treatment combination was replicated three times. The experimental site consisted of 12...1999pdfview PDF
BCPC Weeds Conference 1999 – Weed Control in Cereals...cereals and may be applied at rates up to 7.5 g a.i/ha from BBCH 12 to BBCH 49. Selectivity is based on a more rapid metabolism in the crop compared...1999pdfview PDF
Fungicide Resistance DMI Fungicides p56-66...at the grower’s disposal whichis as stable as possible, and the more complex its composition the more stable it will be. REFERENCES Beer, E. (1985) Blattkrankheiten an Winterweizen und Winterroggen...pdfview PDF
Fungicide Resistance DMI Fungicides p35-54...Spain from 1992) south. In comparison with the triadimenol-sensitivity data (see above), tebuconazole resi- stance factors are, in general, lower. Cyproconazole is also an active compound which was introduced on...pdfview PDF
Fungicide Resistance DMI Fungicides p19-34...lesser extent to myclobutanil in most regions. Increased levels of resistance found to fenarimol were not as evident compared to wild-type sensitivity. A time-course experiment was conductedto follow the development...pdfview PDF
Fungicide Resistance DMI Fungicides p1-18...S. cerevisiae with multiple copies of the P450,,54 coding gene (Kalb et al, 1986) and by P450,,p4 gene amplification (Vanden Bossche, pers. comm.). The result is compensation of the target...pdfview PDF
Intergated Crop Protection – Molecular Biology and genetics 235-244...Thescientific, environmental, and commercial aspects surrounding the adoption of herbicide-resistant crops are described using examples from current Canadian cropping practices. These examples illustrate the need to bridge the field trial...pdfview PDF
Intergated Crop Protection – Biological Control Posters 195-208...3) compared with the plough treatment, and on the flag leaf for both clover treatments compared with the ploughed plot. In the reduced inputplots, bicrop treatments (2 and 4, Table...pdfview PDF
Gene Flow and Agriculture – The Future p247-254...trend will continue with the support measures for combinable crops that are proposed under Agenda 2000. UK wheat and oilseed rape growers are becoming internationally competitive because they have invested...pdfview PDF
Field Margins – Restoration and Creation 2 B...reduced diversity compared with sown, untreated plots. Repeated mowing reversed this effect The results from 1993 indicate an overall reductionin diversity with time, with the exception offluazitop- P-butyl-only plots. Compared...pdfview PDF
Field Margins – Restoration and Creation 1 B...data and by analysis of selected species. Soil pH, overhanging trees, broadleaved shelterbelts and previous cropping with sugar beet were the most important factors affecting the plant community composition. Relationships...pdfview PDF
Field Margins – Management Posters 2 B...severe decline of many species including some which were once very common, and some have even become extinct. There is therefore an urgent need for guidelines for the conservation management...pdfview PDF
Field Margins – Wildlife 1 B...in the summer decreased butterfly numbers compared with a spring and autumn cut, or no cut. Comparison of the expandedfield margins with a nearby commercial farm with ’normal’ margins showed...pdfview PDF

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