- Many pesticide products, approved for orchard spraying in
the UK, recommend constant dose-rate (amount per ha) application to trees of
different: age, growth-stage, planting-density, foliar-density and size.
- However,
PACE research
has established that the label recommended dose-rate (i.e. product per
unit ground area covered) should be adjusted for optimum use of these products with the
wide range of orchard structures cultivated by fruit growers.
- This website demonstrates a practical
dose adjustment
calculation aimed at UK growers. The inputs to this calculation describe: sprayer set-up, pesticide
product type and orchard canopy structure.
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