How to optimise crop protection and reduce spray drift through canopy-adapted spray application. By Anna Mouton. “Where do pesticides go when the droplets have left the nozzle?” asked Dr Peter Triloff, addressing the audience at the 2026 Hortgro Technical Symposium…
Fruit growers are subject to increasingly strict drift-reduction regulations. What are their options for compliance? By Anna Mouton. “We need plant-protection products to control insects and diseases, but in Europe, we feel a lot of pressure from the government and…
French researchers develop standardised methods for classifying spray deposition and drift-reduction potential. By Anna Mouton. “Over the past 10 years, we’ve observed a diversification of the sprayer fleet in French orchards,” said Florence Verpont, an engineer at CTIFL (the Interprofessional…