Studies on Application of Electrostatic Pesticide for Pest Control in a Greenhouse (Part III)

Effect of Electrostatic Pesticide Application for Greenhouse Crop

Abstract

Electrostatic application of fine dust formulation by knapsack type duster, smoking pesticide by axial blower and liquid formulation by non-heating fog machine with an electric field of high voltage wire, which was presented in the previous reports, were carried out in the greenhouses where cucumber, melon and eggplant were cultivated.
These applications improve the deposit of chemicals all over the crop in these greenhouses mainly on the under surface of leaves, and the improvement of pest control for cotton aphid on the abaxial surface against conventional non-electrostatic applications were recognized.