Best Management Practices to Reduce Pesticide Pollution of Water from Spray Drift

SPRAYDRIFT

Best Management Practices to reduce spray drift

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Dipartimento di Economica e Ingeneria Agraria Forestale e Ambientale (DEIAFA), Università di Torino –Via Leonardo da Vinci 44, Grugliasco (TO), Italy Institut Français de la Vigne et du Vin, Domaine de l‘Espiguette F - 30240 LE GRAU DU ROI, France

Inagro vzw Ieperseweg 87 8800 Rumbeke-Beitem, Belgium

Research Institute of Horticulture Konstytucji 3 Maja 1/3, 96-100 Skierniewice, Poland

Julius Kühn-Institut (JKI) Bundesforschungsinstitut für Kulturpflanzen Messeweg 11–12, 38104 Braunschweig, Germany

Knowledge Centre for Agriculture Agro Food Park 15 8200 Aarhus N, Denmark

Universitat Politécnica de Catalunya, C/ Jordi Girona, 31, 08034 Barcelona, Spain

Precondition: APPLICATION SITE Distance between the sensitive area and the spray application site Spraying within the zone of awareness (buffer zone + boom width)

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Fig. 13: Cannon sprayer, very vulnerable to drift.

Fig. 15: Deflector nozzle.

European Crop Protection Association E.C.P.A. 6 Avenue E. Van Nieuwenhuyse, B-1160 Brussels, Belgium. tel: +32 2 663 15 50 fax: +32 2 663 15 60 ecpa@ecpa.eu