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A Rainfall Simulator for Pesticide Leaching Studies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

F. E. Brockman ,
W. B. Duke  and
J. F. Hunt
F. E. Brockman
Affiliation:
Dep. of Agron., Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY 14853
W. B. Duke
Affiliation:
Dep. of Agron., Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY 14853
J. F. Hunt
Affiliation:
Dep. of Agron., Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY 14853
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Abstract

The construction and operation of an apparatus for applying rainfall to soil columns being used for pesticide leaching studies is described. The apparatus will uniformly deliver water to many soil columns over a wide range of natural rainfall rates.

Type
Research Article
Information
Weed Science , Volume 23 , Issue 6 , November 1975 , pp. 533 - 535
Copyright
Copyright © 1975 by the Weed Science Society of America 

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