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Assessing insecticide drift during and after center-pivot chemigation to corn using glass plates and gauze pads

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  1. Zoeller Company, 3649 Cane Run Road, 40256-0347, Louisville, KY, USA

    M. E. Byers

  2. Department of Entomology-IANR, University of Nebraska, 68583-0816, Lincoln, NE, USA

    S. T. Kamble

  3. University of Nebraska, Northeast Research and Extension Center, 68701-0812, Norfolk, NE, USA

    J. F. Witkowski

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Byers, M.E., Kamble, S.T. & Witkowski, J.F. Assessing insecticide drift during and after center-pivot chemigation to corn using glass plates and gauze pads. Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 65, 522–529 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/s001280000155

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