A5087823712- Plant Surface Properties and Treatments
- Electrohydrodynamics and Fluid Dynamics
- Soil Mechanics and Vehicle Dynamics
- Polymer-Based Agricultural Enhancements
- Agricultural pest management studies
- Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer
- Soil Management and Crop Yield
- Crop Yield and Soil Fertility
- Smart Agriculture and AI
- Soybean genetics and cultivation
- Seed Germination and Physiology
- Surface Modification and Superhydrophobicity
- Water resources management and optimization
- Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
- Agricultural Engineering and Mechanization
- Pesticide and Herbicide Environmental Studies
- Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems
- Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology
- Fecal contamination and water quality
- Agriculture and Rural Development Research
- Groundwater and Watershed Analysis
University for Development Studies
2021-2024
Jiangsu University
2019-2020
Presbyterian University, Ghana
2019-2020
Abetifi Presbyterian College of Education
2019-2020
Electrostatic spraying application is adopted in crop protection to prevent pest infestation, improve product quality and maximize yield. It involves a superposition of charges pesticide spray droplets attract substrate ions at obscured surfaces. The wraparound effect reduces off-target deposition, enhances on-target invariably improves efficiency. system works effectively optimum parameters combination with charging voltages, pressures, height regimes, flow rate, travel speed, electrode...
Abstract. Superposition of charges to pesticide spray droplets by electrostatic induction principle plays an important role in plant protection. It influences characteristics, deposition and wraparound effect on leaf surfaces. Hence, adoption optimum parameters combination will improve spraying effectiveness reduce wastage environmental pollution. This article investigated the 0-12 kV applied voltages, 2-4 bar liquid flow pressures, 20-60 cm height regimes chargeability, droplet sizes,...
Electrostatic spraying application is adopted in crop protection to prevent pest infestation, improve product quality and maximize yield. It involves a superposition of charges pesticide spray droplets attract substrate ions at obscured surfaces. The wraparound effect reduces off-target deposition, enhances on-target invariably improves efficiency. system works effectively optimum parameters combination with charging voltages, pressures, height regimes, flow rate, travel speed, electrode...
An induction charging principle had been applied to enhance spray droplet characteristics and quantity deposition on hydrophobic abaxial-adaxial leaf surfaces from pesticide EC Glyphosate [C3H8NO5P] surfactant Silwet L-77 [C13H34O4Si3] formulations. A nozzle cap containing two electrodes (spacing at 9 mm apart) was used superpose charges droplets under voltages of 2–12 kV in an electric field (E) 8.9 × 105 V/m. From a tee-jet flat fan (TP11004VS) tip fitted into the electrode positioned 60...
The soil and implement interaction during ploughing can be analyzed through the geometry working depth of parameters such as shear stress, cohesion internal frictional angle. objective study was to predict forces that react with parts in three (3) sampled areas Bongo District. Soil samples were taken at a 30 cm depth. Laboratory tests performed on them triaxial, grading Atterberg limits. results used describe for force prediction. There some field determine tractive efforts, speed travel...
Nozzle is the basic aperture that controls pesticide spray jet onto targeted substrates. It moulded from stainless steel, brass, ceramic and plastics at different wear rates. The efficiency of application dependent on chemical efficacy nozzle type. Both flat fan hollow cone nozzles are commonly used to enhance characteristics deposition. surface coverage distribution influenced by spacing spraying height. Therefore, using a type, height give spray-overlap interest researchers. This review...
To improve on the quality of threshed cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L.) produce by rural farmers in Ghana, variation duration drying was employed. The divided into five units and open air dried to 16.52, 14.69, 11.38, 9.69, 8.36 % seed moisture contents (SMC) for three (3) days, (5) eight (8) eleven (11) days fourteen (14) respectively after harvesting. SMC effect threshing assessed with a developed thresher using 334, 435, 533, 634 735 rpm rotor speeds. results showed that throughput efficiency...
Dynamics of soil physical properties and maize yield were investigated in both major minor cropping seasons under different land preparation methods weeding frequency. A factorial design experiment was organized on a randomized complete block with three replicates. The plough + harrow (P H) no-tillage (NT) while frequency treatments comprised 0, 1, 2 3-hoeing regimes. In seasons, P H yielded good penetration resistance bulk density, high moisture content total porosity, maximum grain than...
Pesticides spray repeatability (overlap) and accumulation on substrates from single or multiple nozzle(s) do not only waste chemical but also increase lethal dosage. Hence, understanding charged pesticide swath volumetric droplets distribution in a continuum is an innovative strategy to reducing improve spraying efficiency. The parameters enhance uniformity of in-situ deposition at reduced surface overdose required for efficient application. A combination flat-fan (FF) hollow-cone (HC)...
The people in the Tano Districts of Ghana use groundwater as a source drinking water and pit latrines for sanitation. However, when wells coexist, it is paramount importance to ensure safer distances between them. This avoid faecal contamination groundwater. study sought investigate impact lateral separations on Ghana. To obtain sample size 15 within proximity latrines, simple random sampling was considered this study. It revealed that none sites satisfied Ministry Water Resources, Works...