Description
The 2022 International Advances in Pesticide Application, is the 17th biennial IAPA Conference.
Papers have been received from across the world, providing delegates with a full programme of
Platform and Poster sessions. As well as the high level technical content, the conference offers
a unique opportunity for engineers, scientists, regulators and end users to discuss all aspects of
pesticide application, and best practices for optimising performance, while minimising the impact
on the environment, bystanders, and operators.
A key challenge for the industry is to get the manufacturers of pesticides application equipment
and regulators more involved with improved methods of pesticide application, pesticide handling
and disposal, and get these improvements established as the default recommendation for products,
equipment, and application practices, bringing benefits to the environment, bystanders and
productivity.
The conference caters for all aspects of pesticide application from small holdings to broad scale
farming, from traditional pesticides to bio-pesticides. The papers presented at the conference add to
the documented global knowledge and experience that leads to safer and more effective application
of crop protection products.
CONTENTS
INNOSETA regional workshops: analysis of the needs for better dissemination of
spraying innovations in vineyards and orchards
S CODIS, M LEWIS, E HUGO, E GIL, F GIOELLI, P BALSARI, A KOUTSOURIS,
D NUYTTENS, S FOUNTAS, M KOUTSIARAS, Z TSIROPOULOS, D DONKERS
& E NILSSON 1–9
Best Management Practices to minimize pesticide water pollution from point sources.
Online self assessment and training tool (www.TOPPS-drops.org)
M ROETTELE, P BALSARI, G DORUCHOWSKI, J DYSON, E GIL, M KICINSKI,
M LESNIK, V LAABS, P MARUCCO, E PAUWELYN & O RANTA 11–18
Life Farm, Fresh Fruit – Effects of operator training and sprayer adjustments on
agronomic inputs
L T BERGER, E UKHANDEEVA, F ANDREU, I RIBEIRO, P CARAPINHA &
J M AYUSO RODRÍGUEZ 19–26
The INNOSETA Platform: a web-tool to support dissemination of innovation and
research in the crop protection sector
E MOZZANINI, F GIOELLI, P MARUCCO, M GRELLA, D NUYTTENS, E GIL,
S CODIS, Z TSIROPOULOS, P STAMATELOPOULOS, E NILSSON & P BALSARI 27–35
The performance of automatic spray boom height control systems
A HERBST 37–45
Pulse Width Modulation: Effect of duty cycle on nozzle flow rate, droplet
characteristics and vertical spray distribution
I ZWERTVAEGHER, S FOUNTAS, N MYLONAS, L ATHANASAKOS,
P BALSARI, M GRELLA, P MARUCCO, A CAFFINI & D NUYTTENS 47–54
Assessment of the influence of the nozzle’s pattern and spray distance on vertical
spray profile
JORDI LLOP, PAU GIBERT, JORDI BISCAMPS, ROBERT HEINKEL &
EMILIO GIL 55–61
A web-based decision tool to optimise the configuration of sprayers for citrus tree
pesticide applications
C GARCERÁ, E MOLTÓ, H IZQUIERDO, P BALSARI, P MARUCCO, M GRELLA
& P CHUECA 63–70
Zone-selective plant protection based on AI pest early detection
L T BERGER, G POLDER, Z TSIROPPOULOS, E GIL, P M BLOK, P ORTEGA &
M VOSKAKIS 71–78
Probabilistic risk assessment for watercourses exposed to spray drift in the
Netherlands
H J HOLTERMAN, J C VAN DE ZANDE, E L WIPFLER & J C M HUIJSMANS 79–86
CFD dust drift simulation from sugar beet seed drilling: explicit modelling of
machine types
M A ADAMU, D NUYTTENS, R GODAERT, N JONES, A C CHAPPLE, B JENE,
B NICOLAI, B SORNIN & P VERBOVEN 87–94
The Casanova Drift Model: An arable crop boom spray drift model
E CASANOVA, N PAI, A C CHAPPLE, Z GAO & R ISEMER 95–104
A field programme for the spray distribution of Unmanned Aerial Spray Systems
(UASS) and the development of larvicide systems for vector control
J A S BONDS, B K FRITZ & H W THISTLE 105–115
Drift, deposition uniformity and swath width of two drone models according to the
flight height
U R ANTUNIASSI, R G CHECHETTO, A A B MOTA, F K CARVALHO,
I F BORGES, J F MAGGIONI & P I T SILVA 117–124
Spray application in partially closed high tunnels to manage drift in strawberry
cultivation
D BONDESAN, G GANARIN & C RIZZI 125–131
Optimization of spray application on bed-grown vegetables. On-going developments
within the OPTIMA project
J P DOUZALS, S FOUNTAS, L ATHANASAKOS, N MYLONAS, A LAMARE,
I ZWERTVAEGHER, D NUYTTENS, P BALSARI, P MARUCCO, M GRELLA
& A CAFFINI 133–139
Verification and accuracy of a task-map based variable rate boom sprayer
J C VAN DE ZANDE, D C DE HOOG, J M G P MICHIELSEN, M SNOUSSI,
H STALLINGA & F SIJBRANDIJ 141–148
Foliar deposition and off-target loss in young apple orchard with PWM-controlled
spray systems
H ZHU, E OZKAN, R SALCEDO, H JEON & D FALCHIERI 149–155
Smart orchard sprayer to adjust pesticide dose to canopy characteristics
BERNAT SALAS, PAULA ORTEGA, LARS T BERGER & EMILIO GIL 157–164
Evaluation of a single tree precision map- and sensor-based orchard sprayer
J C VAN DE ZANDE, D C DE HOOG, J M G P MICHIELSEN, M SNOUSSI,
H STALLINGA, P VAN DALFSEN, P F DE JONG & M WENNEKER 165–172
Sensor-based spray traceability in vineyards
C ROMÁN & S PLANAS 173–178
Precision Orchard Dosing project: Development of a high precision variable rate
spray system in tree fruit orchards
E C WHITFIELD, O HILBOURNE, S STAMPER, P J WALKLATE, J MCDOUGALL,
N SEYMOUR, C ELWORTHY, J V CROSS & R SAUNDERS 179–194
Development of a smart sprayer for vineyards: first experimental results using
PWM spray system
P MARUCCO, F GIOELLI, M GRELLA, E MOZZANINI, D NUYTTENS,
I ZWERTVAEGHER, S FOUNTAS, N MYLONAS, A CAFFINI & P BALSARI 195–202
Review of ISO 21191 Closed Transfer Systems Performance Specifications
NANCY WESTCOTT & JAN LANGENAKENS 203–207
Easyconnect – a closed transfer system for liquid plant protection products
JENS LUCKHARD
209–210
New closed loop knapsack sprayer system for sustainable smallholder farming
A COOK, P HABERSTROH, R KOTZIAN, G SANDERSON & N XU
211–217
Development of a precision chemical application technology and equipment in China
XIONGKUI HE
219–227
Dynamic flow control for agricultural chemical application
D K GILES
229–234
Realising crop protection on an autonomous farm
J GILL, K FRANKLIN & S E COOPER
235–241
ROBO-DOCK: a practical solution to control pernicious weeds in pastures
T EVANS, S E COOPER, M BUTLER and D R WHITE
243–250
Exploring variable air flow rate as a function of leaf area index for optimal spray deposition in trellised vineyards
M GRELLA, F GIOELLI, P MARUCCO, E MOZZANINI, A CAFFINI,
D NUYTTENS, I ZWERTVAEGHER, S FOUNTAS, L ATHANASAKOS,
N MYLONAS & P BALSARI
251–260
Configurations on 3-dimensional spray deposition for grass weed control
T H ROBINSON & C M MOUNTFORD-SMITH
261–267
Application methods for Sphenophorus levis VAURIE, 1978 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) control in sugarcane
P H U FERREIRA & M C FERREIRA
269–276
Qualitative Leaf Coverage Validation based on a RGB Vision System: “Spray Quality Assessment Dome – SQUAD”
RAFAËL VERBIEST, KRIS RUYSEN, JAN LANGENAKENS, HILDE WIRIX,
DANY DYLEMANS, ERIC DEMEESTER & KAREL KELLENS
277–282
New method to increase pesticide deposition: Copper microencapsulation
P ORTEGA, E SANCHEZ, B TYLKOWSKI, M OLKIEWICZ, J M MONTORNES & E GIL
283–288
The effect of application volume on potential environmental and Bystander exposures
M C BUTLER ELLIS, A G LANE, C M O’SULLIVAN, C R TUCK, J BAUMANN
& A C CHAPPLE
289–296
A combined experimental and modelling study of dust drift during wheat sowing
D NUYTTENS, R GODAERT, M A ADAMU, N JONES, A C CHAPPLE, B JENE,
B SORNIN & P VERBOVEN
297–306
How to conciliate application of plant protection products and protection of Bystanders – CAPRIV: A French collaborative project
F VERPONT, Y HUDEBINE, B PERRIOT, A VERGES, J P DOUZALS, C BEDOS,
S GRIMBUHLER & M SELLAM
307–313
Analysis and experiment on the droplet deposition of leaf-tip preference in pesticide application
XIONGKUI HE, ZHICHONG WANG, CHAO ZHENG & TIAN LI
315–327
