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Studies on Operational and Plant Parameters Affecting the Deposition of Charged and Uncharged Spray Droplets on Cabbage Plant Canopy


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1 ICAR-Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering, Bhopal 462 038, India
2 ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110 012, India

The existing method of pesticide application has resulted in wastage of chemicals and environmental pollution. Electrostatic spray charging system for impregnation of charge on spray droplets and its subsequent transfer to the precise plant target can mitigate the problems in conventional spraying. The operational parameters of spraying system and plant characteristics play an important role in deposition of spray droplets on plant canopy. In view of that, an experimental electrostatically spray charging system was developed to assess the deposition on plant surface. At electrode voltage (4kV), flow rate (250 ml/min) deposition was maximum for forward speed (1.0 km/h) and height of application (0.55 m) at charge to mass ratio of 1.53 mC/kg.
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Authors

Bikram Jyoti
ICAR-Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering, Bhopal 462 038, India
Indra Mani
ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110 012, India
Adarsh Kumar
ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110 012, India
Tapan Kumar Khura
ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110 012, India
R N Sahoo
ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110 012, India
G K Jha
ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110 012, India
N A Shakil
ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110 012, India
Bhupendra Singh Parmar
ICAR-Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering, Bhopal 462 038, India

Abstract


The existing method of pesticide application has resulted in wastage of chemicals and environmental pollution. Electrostatic spray charging system for impregnation of charge on spray droplets and its subsequent transfer to the precise plant target can mitigate the problems in conventional spraying. The operational parameters of spraying system and plant characteristics play an important role in deposition of spray droplets on plant canopy. In view of that, an experimental electrostatically spray charging system was developed to assess the deposition on plant surface. At electrode voltage (4kV), flow rate (250 ml/min) deposition was maximum for forward speed (1.0 km/h) and height of application (0.55 m) at charge to mass ratio of 1.53 mC/kg.