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Definition of optimal spray configuration and parameters for the different crop – disease – PPP combinations
Laboratory measurements at Flanders Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (ILVO) including nozzle flow rate measurements using the nozzle test bench, spray distribution measurements using a spray scanner to determine optimal nozzle configurations, distances and heights for bed spray applications on carrot beds, in order to achieve maximal and uniform deposition on the canopy and to have minimal losses between the beds with the OPTIMA carrot smart sprayer, and measurements of the effect of air support with the CAFFINI S.P.A. air wing bag of the OPTIMA carrot sprayer on the droplet size and velocity characteristics using a PDPA laser-based measuring set-up.