Claim · model-written summary
Electrostatic spray used one half to one third the insecticide quantity of conventional methods.
- Taxon
- broccoli
Brassica oleracea var. italicat0 - Treatment
- electrostatic spray depositione1
- Outcome
- quantity of insecticidee0
- Direction
- ½ to 1/3e0
- Value
- ½ to 1/3e0
- Comparator
- conventional methodse0
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Verbatim
e0“resulted in equal or greater control in comparison to conventional methods, and utilized ½ to 1/3 the quantity of insecticide”
t0“Broccoli Plants”
e1“electrostatic spray deposition”
Title
Electrostatic Application of Low-volume Microbial Insecticide Spray on Broccoli Plants1
S. Edward Law; Harry A. Mills Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science 1980. doi:10.21273/jashs.105.6.774
Other claims from this paper (3)
- Intervention effect Electrostatic spray gave equal or greater insect control than conventional methods in broccoli.
- Intervention effect Electrostatic spray reduced application volume eightfold.
- Intervention effect Electrostatic deposition increased spray tracer deposited on broccoli plants 1.86-fold relative to conventional application.