Pesticide Application Equipment for Use in Agriculture: Manually carried equipment

Pesticide Application Equipment for Use in Agriculture: Manually carried equipment
Author: G. A. Matthews
Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
Total Pages: 180
Release: 1994
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9789251035825

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Describes the main types of manually-operated or manually-carried pesticide application equipment. Gives details of design and shows the type of nozzle needed to treat crops and to improve the safety and efficiency of the spraying operation.

Guidelines on Minimum Requirements for Agricultural Pesticide Application Equipment

Guidelines on Minimum Requirements for Agricultural Pesticide Application Equipment
Author: T. L. Wiles
Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
Total Pages: 40
Release: 2001
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9789251052457

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The FAO minimum requirements in this publication are based on existing international, European and national standards and other published references. The guidelines provide a practical aid to assist purchasing and other agencies to avoid buying or approving sprayers with quality and design limitations, which could compromise operator and environmental safety. Member countries should adopt them immediately, to begin to eliminate substandard and unsafe sprayers from national markets and ultimately from the international scene.

Pesticide-application Equipment

Pesticide-application Equipment
Author: O. S. Bindra
Publisher:
Total Pages: 738
Release: 1977
Genre: Aerial spraying and dusting in agriculture
ISBN:

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Sprayers. Equipment for generating aerosols, smokes and vapours. Dusters. Agricultural aircraft. Miscellaneous pesticides-application equipment. Fundamentals of pesticide application. Formulations for concentrate and ULV sprayings. Pesticide drift and its control. Measurement of efficacay of pesticide application. Selection of a sprayer/duster and planning pesticide application. Operation and maintenance of pesticide-application equipment. Faults with common pesticide-application equipment and their remedies. Safety precautions in pesticides application. Pest-control appliances other than pesticide-application equipment.

Guidelines on Minimum Requirements for Agricultural Pesticide Application Equipment: Portable (operator-carried) foggers

Guidelines on Minimum Requirements for Agricultural Pesticide Application Equipment: Portable (operator-carried) foggers
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2002
Genre: Science
ISBN:

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This publication contains revised FAO minimum requirements for safety and quality standards for agricultural pesticide sprayers, based on existing international, European and national standards and other published references. These guidelines seek to assist the elimination of substandard and unsafe sprayers from national markets and ultimately from the international scene.

Guidelines on Standards for Agricultural Pesticide Application Equipment and Related Test Procedures: Vehicle-mounted and trailed sprayers

Guidelines on Standards for Agricultural Pesticide Application Equipment and Related Test Procedures: Vehicle-mounted and trailed sprayers
Author:
Publisher: Nicholson
Total Pages: 64
Release: 2001
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9789251047231

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The FAO minimum requirements in this publication are based on existing international, European and national standards and other published references. The guidelines on standards consist of detailed specifications and requirements, supported by test procedures, for the major types of agricultural pesticide sprayers. The aim of these guidelines is to provide manufacturers and governments with practical and consistent quality assurance systems.

Pesticide Application Equipment and Techniques

Pesticide Application Equipment and Techniques
Author: Norman Berndt Akesson
Publisher: Nicholson
Total Pages: 282
Release: 1979
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN:

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Origins of pest control formulations and application machines. Plant protection pesticides and application equipment. Liquid atomizers: design, theory, and use. Spray application machines. Spray applications to orchards and vines. Pesticide dust application equipment. Soil application equipment. Calibration of pesticides applicators. The benefits and use of plant protection machines. Safety considerations in the use of pesticide chemicals.