Field sprayer technology: acritical overview

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1 Department of Agricultural Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Aswan University, Aswan, Egypt.

2 Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture, Alexandria University, Alshatby, Alexandria, Egypt.

3 Department of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Energy Engineering, Aswan University, Aswan, Egypt.

4 Department of Agricultural Engineering, Faculty of agriculture and natural resources, Aswan University, Aswan, Egypt.

Abstract

Farmers use different types of sprayers for the management of the pest. Successful pest management depends not only on the quality of the pesticide and insecticides but also on the use of the right plant protection appliances. Hence, proper selection based on ergonomic, economic, efficacy, and ecological and use of equipment for pesticide application has a direct effect on crop productivity. Normally, the spray efficiency, which usually is estimated by cost-income of the agricultural industry, increases from handoperated sprayers with low application rate, small coverage area in a certain time interval, and low travel speed to large-scale sprayers which could apply pesticide with much higher application rate, bigger coverage area in a certain time interval and higher travel speed. This research aims to identify and inventory the different types of pesticide application systems used around the world.

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