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Knife Injector for the Application of EPTC

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

O. B. Wooten
Affiliation:
Agricultural Engineering Research Division
J. T. Holstun Jr.
Affiliation:
Crops Research Division, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture
R. S. Baker
Affiliation:
Delta Branch, Mississippi Agricultural Experiment Station
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Abstract

A knife injector was designed and tested for the application of ethyl-N,N-dipropylthiolcarbamate (EPTC). Performance was good and preliminary tests were encouraging for both preemergence and postemergence applications.

Type
Brief Papers
Copyright
Copyright © 1966 Weed Science Society of America 

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