Downwind Drift from Grape Airblast Spray Applications: Field Evaluation to Support Mechanistic Model Development

Peter A. Larbi; George Zhuang; Harold W. Thistle; Michael J. Willett

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Downwind Drift from Grape Airblast Spray Applications: Field Evaluation to Support Mechanistic Model Development

View ORCID ProfilePeter A. Larbi, View ORCID ProfileGeorge Zhuang, View ORCID ProfileHarold W. Thistle, View ORCID ProfileMichael J. Willett

Am J Enol Vitic. 2025 76: 0760025 ; DOI: 10.5344/ajev.2025.25005

Peter A. Larbi

1Kearney Agricultural Research and Extension Center, University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources, 9240 S Riverbend Avenue, Parlier, California;

2Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, University of California - Davis;

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3University of California Cooperative Extension, Fresno, CA;

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4TEALS, LLC, Whitesville, NY;

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Michael J. Willett

5Integrated Plant Health Strategies LLC, Yakima, WA.

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Peter A. Larbi1,2,*,
George Zhuang3,
Harold W. Thistle4 and
Michael J. Willett5

¹Kearney Agricultural Research and Extension Center, University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources, 9240 S Riverbend Avenue, Parlier, California;
²Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, University of California - Davis;
³University of California Cooperative Extension, Fresno, CA;
⁴TEALS, LLC, Whitesville, NY;
⁵Integrated Plant Health Strategies LLC, Yakima, WA.

↵*Corresponding author (palarbi{at}ucanr.edu)

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Downwind Drift from Grape Airblast Spray Applications: Field Evaluation to Support Mechanistic Model Development

View ORCID ProfilePeter A. Larbi, View ORCID ProfileGeorge Zhuang, View ORCID ProfileHarold W. Thistle, View ORCID ProfileMichael J. Willett

Am J Enol Vitic. 2025 76: 0760025 ; DOI: 10.5344/ajev.2025.25005

Peter A. Larbi

1Kearney Agricultural Research and Extension Center, University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources, 9240 S Riverbend Avenue, Parlier, California;

2Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, University of California - Davis;

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Downwind Drift from Grape Airblast Spray Applications: Field Evaluation to Support Mechanistic Model Development

View ORCID ProfilePeter A. Larbi, View ORCID ProfileGeorge Zhuang, View ORCID ProfileHarold W. Thistle, View ORCID ProfileMichael J. Willett

Am J Enol Vitic. 2025 76: 0760025 ; DOI: 10.5344/ajev.2025.25005

Peter A. Larbi

1Kearney Agricultural Research and Extension Center, University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources, 9240 S Riverbend Avenue, Parlier, California;

2Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, University of California - Davis;

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