What’s on this page?
This page lists current or planned future research (and related work activities) aimed at improving or expanding the characterization and understanding of pesticide spray drift that would be useful for regulatory authorities and other experts. The activities described may include information on:
- research for further characterizing dust and spray drift formation, deposition, or mitigation from various types of application equipment (technologies) and methods (ground boom, air blast, aerial, other);
- development of new or improvement of existing models for predicting depositions; and,
The information is provided as PDF documents that include a brief description of the research/work, projected schedule of work and availability of results, research organization, and a contract name and email address.
Objective of sharing spray drift research information
The goal is to improve awareness of spray drift research and related work and to foster greater communication and collaboration of this important technical and regulatory area among researchers, regulatory officials, industry and other individuals. The benefits are manifold:
- Providing researchers with knowledge about other work that may interest them and could affect or contribute to their work;
- Providing regulatory authorities (risk assessors, risk managers, decision makers) with knowledge of future work that may contribute to their capabilities for decision-making;
- Identifying opportunities for collaboration; and
- Helping to identify additional research needs.
How to contribute?
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Who already contributed?
The following links were provided by the regulatory authorities of countries listed below, as well as by academic and industry researchers listed under “Others”.
Belgium I Germany I United States I Others
- Spray drift from field crop sprayers using an integrated approach (PDF)
- Measures and innovative techniques to reduce dust drift from pesticide seed dressing during sowing (PDF)
- Performance assessment of orchard sprayers to improve pesticide distribution and to reduce environmental impact (PDF)
Drift studies – Helicopter spraying of steep slope vineyards and forests (PDF
- Development of a test bench to assess drift of abraded dust from seeders for maize and cereals (PDF)
- Drift trials with seeders for maize and cereals to assess drift of abraded dust (PDF)
- Drift of dust abrased from seeds treated with neonicotinoids during sowing in neighboring areas and effects on honey bees (PDF)
Generic Verification Protocol for Testing Pesticide Application Spray Drift Reduction Technologies for Row and Field Crops (PDF
Canada - University of New Brunswick
- Combined Full-Physics Aircraft Wake and Atmospheric Modelling of Droplet Deposition (PDF)
US University of Nebraska-Lincoln: West Central Research and Extension Center Pesticide Application Technology Research and Extension
- Wind tunnel research: connecting pesticide application parameters to biological efficacy (PDF)
US University of Florida
- Development of a model for predicting spray deposition in citrus airblast applications (PDF)
- Development of an expert system for minimizing spray losses in citrus airblast applications (PDF)
- Variation of the spray deposition within orchard due to wind conditions (PDF)
- Assessment of aerosol dispersion and deposition in open field applications (PDF)
- Evaluation of effective ultra- low volume spray technologies for management of citrus psyllid (PDF)
- Development of a system for evaluating drift potential of orchard applications (PDF)
U.S. Universities (Connecticut, New Mexico, South Carolina, Florida)
- Micrometeorology controls on dynamic drift of fogger applications for sand fly (PDF)
Forest Protection Ltd (Canada)
- Integrated Research and Development and Communication of Biological Forest Pest Control Products and Application Technology, 2006-2011 (PDF)
U.S. Industry: Crop Life of America with NIAB-TAG Silsoe Spray Applications Unit
- Mechanistic model to predict spray drift from ground spray applications (PDF)