Can I read Spreading of spray mixtures on leaf surfaces: I. relative effectiveness of various physico-chemical predictors on EtoBox?

Spreading of spray mixtures on leaf surfaces: I. relative effectiveness of various physico-chemical predictors by Henry A. Abbott; Louis P. Van Dyk; Nathanaël Grobbelaar is a Agricultural and Biological Sciences article available to read on EtoBox.

What is Spreading of spray mixtures on leaf surfaces: I. relative effectiveness of various physico-chemical predictors about?

## Abstract __Surface tension, contact angles and critical micelle concentration were not effective as practical predictors of spreading. Contact angles could not quantify spreading past the point where the angles became zero, although differences could be discerned by eye. Measurement of diameter of spread allowed quantification of these differences. Hansen parameters, used instead of surface tension, underlined the importance of hydrogen‐bonding and charge effects, but could not explain all the observed phenomena. The results emphasise the complexity of spreading on leaf surfaces, and problems experienced with several approaches encountered in the literature are discussed__.

Who reads Spreading of spray mixtures on leaf surfaces: I. relative effectiveness of various physico-chemical predictors?

Author

Henry A. Abbott; Louis P. Van Dyk; Nathanaël Grobbelaar

Publisher

John Wiley and Sons; Wiley (John Wiley & Sons); John Wiley & Sons Inc.; Wiley (ISSN 1526-498X)

Published

1990

Language

EN

Field

Agricultural and Biological Sciences (Life Sciences)