NGN - Weather essentials for Pesticide Application technical content review and update
Investment
GRDC Code: MRE2111-001SAX
NGN - Weather essentials for Pesticide Application technical content review and update
Recent research trial work associated with "MRE00002 Air Inversion Modelling to manage spray drift" has identified new information primarily relating to the development of hazardous surface temperature inversion events that requires extension to growers and advisers. It is therefore timely to update the GRDC Publication 'Weather Essentials for Pesticide Application" last updated September 2017 and the associated factsheet "Hazardous Surface Temperature Inversions" last updated August 2019.
- Project start date:
- 15/11/2021
- Project end date:
- 30/06/2022
- Crop type:
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- All Crops
- Organisation
- Micrometeorology Research & Education Services (MR&ES)
- Region:
- North, South, West
- Project status
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Completed
Resources
Hazardous inversion - GRDC
13 May 2024
Growers must not spray pesticide during hazardous surface temperature inversions. These conditions can lead to spray drift. Spray drift in this situation can cause severe damage several kilometres off-target.
Meteorological Principles influencing Pesticide Application - GRDC
01 Sep 2022
For the safe and effective application of pesticides and the mitigation of drift, weather conditions need to be within acceptable limits.
Weather essentials for pesticide application - GRDC
01 Sep 2022
Weather essentials for pesticide application aims to help those applying pesticides to understand, observe, interpret and react appropriately to changing weather conditions to ensure efficient and effective pest control while mitigating drift.