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Enhancing droplet deposition through in-situ precipitation

Retention of agricultural sprays on plant surfaces is an important challenge. Bouncing of sprayed pesticide droplets from leaves is a major source of soil and groundwater pollution and pesticide overuse. Here we report a method to increase droplet deposition through in-situ formation of hydrophilic...

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Autores principales: Damak, Maher, Mahmoudi, Seyed Reza, Hyder, Md Nasim, Varanasi, Kripa K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5013560/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27572948
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12560