The role of nozzles in pest control success and failure
March 23, 2022
Several studies confirm the huge impact that nozzle type can have on results. This is particularly the case for foliar pests — diseases such as dollar spot, anthracnose, gray leaf spot, Rhizoctonia, rapid blight, Bipolaris and Pythium. And insects such as cutworms, sod webworms and chinch bugs.
In a study on the control of dollar spot with Daconil Ultrex, University of Kentucky plant pathologist Paul Vincelli compared four different nozzle types and found big differences (Vincelli and Dixon, 2005. F…