Recent development in spray equipment for effective control of pests and weeds

Chung G.F., . and Balasubramaniam R., . and Cheah S.S., . Recent development in spray equipment for effective control of pests and weeds. pp. 65-84. ISSN 0126-575X

A series of simple experiments were conducted in oil palm and rubber plantations to evaluate several spray equipment for the effective control of pest and weeds. Battery operated knapsack sprayer motorised knapsack mistblower and conventional knapsack sprayers were tested for the application of insecticides to control cockchafer beetle (Adoretus compressus). The first three spray equipment and estate made mechanised topical sprayer were evaluated for the spraying of insecticides to control rhinoceros beetle (Oryctes rhinoceros). In the control of several problem weeds (Dicranopteris linearis Mikania micrantha Melastoma malabathricum Clidemia hirta epiphytes) battery operated knapsack sprayer controlled droplet application sprayer and convential knapsack sprayer (/- spray management valve) were evaluated for selective spot application of weedicides. The bioefficacy of a few weedicides in general weed control and the productivity of spray equipment were compared. The results of these experiments (a combination of recently published and unpublished data) are reported discussed and reviewed with respect to their cost-effectiveness and a few other mechanised equipment. Specific recommendations of spray equipment in combination with the cost-effective insectides for the control of pests and similar recommendations of spray equipment/weedicides for selective and general weed control are given.

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A series of simple experiments were conducted in oil palm and rubber plantations to evaluate several spray equipment for the effective control of pest and weeds. Battery operated knapsack sprayer motorised knapsack mistblower and conventional knapsack sprayers were tested for the application of insecticides to control cockchafer beetle (Adoretus compressus). The first three spray equipment and estate made mechanised topical sprayer were evaluated for the spraying of insecticides to control rhinoceros beetle (Oryctes rhinoceros). In the control of several problem weeds (Dicranopteris linearis Mikania micrantha Melastoma malabathricum Clidemia hirta epiphytes) battery operated knapsack sprayer controlled droplet application sprayer and convential knapsack sprayer (/- spray management valve) were evaluated for selective spot application of weedicides. The bioefficacy of a few weedicides in general weed control and the productivity of spray equipment were compared. The results of these experiments (a combination of recently published and unpublished data) are reported discussed and reviewed with respect to their cost-effectiveness and a few other mechanised equipment. Specific recommendations of spray equipment in combination with the cost-effective insectides for the control of pests and similar recommendations of spray equipment/weedicides for selective and general weed control are given.

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Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	Summary (En)
AGROVOC Term:	PESTS OF PLANTS
AGROVOC Term:	WEEDS
AGROVOC Term:	PEST CONTROL
AGROVOC Term:	WEED CONTROL
AGROVOC Term:	EQUIPMENT
AGROVOC Term:	WEED CONTROL EQUIPMENT
AGROVOC Term:	SPRAYERS
AGROVOC Term:	INSECTICIDES
AGROVOC Term:	HERBICIDES
AGROVOC Term:	OIL PALMS
Depositing User:	Ms. Norfaezah Khomsan
Last Modified:	24 Apr 2025 05:52
URI:	http://webagris.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/17803

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