Sprayers qualitative evaluation in chemical application in Cascavel, State of Paraná - DOI: 10.4025/actasciagron.v28i4.901

Spray quality control should be accomplished in the process of chemical treatment, aiming to guarantee the efficiency, avoiding loss of product and damages to the environment. It is fundamental, thus, sprayers optimum conservation. This work aimed to carry out a qualitative evaluation of the sprayer...

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Autores: Silveira, João Cleber Modernel da, Gabriel Filho, Antonio, Pereira, Joaquim Odilon, Silva, Suedêmio de Lima, Modolo, Alcir José
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2008
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Estadual de Maringá (UEM)
Repositorio:Acta Scientiarum. Agronomy (Online)
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:periodicos.uem.br/ojs:article/901
Acceso en línea:http://www.periodicos.uem.br/ojs/index.php/ActaSciAgron/article/view/901
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:pulverização
potencial de risco de deriva
manutenção
5.03.00.00-8 Engenharia Agrícola
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Sumario:Spray quality control should be accomplished in the process of chemical treatment, aiming to guarantee the efficiency, avoiding loss of product and damages to the environment. It is fundamental, thus, sprayers optimum conservation. This work aimed to carry out a qualitative evaluation of the sprayers in farms in the municipality of Cascavel, State of Paraná, southern Brazil. The conditions and presence (or absence) of main components in 62 sprayers were checked in the field. The appraised sprayers were divided in three categories: attached to tractors, PTO-driven trailed and self-propelled. The equipments showed inadequate maintenance. Considering the presence and the conditions of some components (nozzles, filters of lines, nozzles filters, among others), only 17% of the equipment evaluated was in good condition.