Milestones and Expected
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Application
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Nozzle
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Development of Atomization Models |
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Flat Fans |
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Ceramics |
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New
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Evaluation of Current Nozzles |
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Evaluations
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Testing of New/Modified Nozzles |
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Nozzle Modification and Testing |
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Implementation by Applicators |
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Simulation of Deposition on Spray Table |
Spray
Table Testing |
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Efficacy of Spray Deposits on Plants |
Plant
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Validation under Field Conditions |
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Field
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Control
Strategies and Spray Parameters |
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Evaluation of Spray Adjuvants |
Wind
Tunnel Tests |
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Electrostatic Droplet Coalescence |
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Coalescence Field Trials |
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Q/M
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Evaluation of Control Strategies for Drift |
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Left/right Boom Shutoff and Swath Offset |
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Boom
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Field Trials |
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Winglets
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Mass
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Analyses of Spray Collection Systems |
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Lab and
Field Tests |
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Collection System for Sampling Spray Plume |
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Field
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Develop Standardized Sampling Protocol |
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Development of Sampling Protocol and ASAE Standard |
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Aerial
Application of Management Materials |
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Adult
Pest Control Products |
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Adoption by Management Programs |
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Application Parameters Optimization |
Equipment
Optimization |
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Evaluation of Biological Effects |
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Biological
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Large Field Trials |
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Field
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Fusarium
Head Blight Control from Aircraft |
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Integration into FHB Control Programs |
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Deposition Studies using Tracers |
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Optimization of Application Parameters & Equipment |
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USWBSI-04 |
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Evaluation of FHB Control from Aerial Application |
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Precision
Aerial Application |
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Automated
On-off Spray System |
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Performance
Testing |
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Adoption of Technology by Industry |
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Inclusion of Buffer Zones |
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Real-time
Buffer Zone Inclusion |
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Development
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Nozzle Development and Evaluation |
Testing
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Development of Control Systems for Nozzle |
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Controls
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Field Evaluation of Variable Rate Nozzle |
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Field
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Integration of Nozzle with On-off Spray System |
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Integration
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Integration
with GIS Information |
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Use GIS information to Identify Buffer Zones |
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Spray Area
GIS Data |
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Full integration of Spray System, Nozzle, and GIS Data |
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Integration
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Meteorological
Effects on Spray Movement |
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Adoption of Technology by Applicators |
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Evaluation
of Meteorological Effects |
Tower
Construction |
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Documentation of Probability of Inversions |
Atmospheric Stability Documentation |
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Field Trials during Atmospheric Inversions |
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Field
Trials |
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Biological Assessment under Various Weather
Conditions |
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Biological
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In-aircraft
Meteorological Equipment |
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Commercial Implementation of Equipment |
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Field Trials using Equipment to Document Inversions |
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Field
Trials and Equipment Optimization |
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Transfer of Technology to Aerial Applicators |
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Transfer
Technology to Applicators |
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