Pesticide application methods

Content: Preface to fourth edition vii     Acknowledgements xi     Conversion tables xiii     Pesticide calculation xv     Units, abbreviations and symbols xvi     1 Chemical control in integrated pest management 1     2 Targets for pesticide deposition 23     3 Formulation of pesticides 63     4 Spray droplets 91     5 Hydraulic nozzles 125     6 Manually carried hydraulic sprayers 159     7 Power-operated hydraulic sprayers 181     8 Air-assisted sprayers 215     9 Controlled droplet application 245     10 Electrostatically charged sprays 275     11 Aerial application 299     12 Spray drift 337     13 Seed treatment, dust and granule application 363     14 Space treatment by fogging 381     15 Specialist application techniques (injection, fumigation and other techniques) 399     16 Application of biopesticides 411     17 Maintenance of equipment 429     18 Safety precautions 443     19 Equipment for laboratory and field trials 471     20 Selection of application equipment for chemical and biological pesticides 487     Appendix: standards relating to pesticide application 499     Index 503     Colour plate section 1 falls between pages 174 and 175     Colour plate section 2 falls between pages 254 and 255