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Journal of Environmental Science and Health, Part B
Pesticides, Food Contaminants, and Agricultural Wastes
Volume 58, 2023 - Issue 3
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Research Article

Influence of the urease inhibitor suspension (Atmowell®) on the fluorescent dye pyranine and its spray and drift behavior in wind tunnel measurements

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Figures & data

Table 1. Quantities and mixing ratios of pyranine and Atmowell® to measure their fluorescence.

Table 2. Experimental set up for the detection of fluorescence degradation under UV-irradiation.

Table 3. Experimental set up for wind tunnel measurements.

Figure 1. Wind tunnel with the sampling-lines in the background and the nozzle installation in the foreground.

Figure 1. Wind tunnel with the sampling-lines in the background and the nozzle installation in the foreground.

Table 4. Experimental set up for droplet size measurements.

Table 5. Results of the fluorescence of Atmowell® and the influence of the fluorescence of pyranine.

Figure 2. Degradation rate of the fluorescence of a pure pyranine solution and a mixture of pyranine and Atmowell® at three different UV intensity levels (low, medium, and high). Shown are the averages of each variant in mg L−1.

Figure 2. Degradation rate of the fluorescence of a pure pyranine solution and a mixture of pyranine and Atmowell® at three different UV intensity levels (low, medium, and high). Shown are the averages of each variant in mg L−1.

Table 6. Results for the drift measurement of the wind tunnel and of the droplet size measurements.

Data availability statement

Raw data were generated at Julius Kühn-Institut (JKI), Federal Research Center for Cultivated Plants, Institute for Application Techniques in Plant Protection, Messeweg 11/12, 38104 Braunschweig, Germany. The data is openly available in a public repository that issues datasets with DOIs: The data that support the findings of this study are openly available in [OpenAgrar] at https://doi.org/10.5073/20220726-132952.[Citation24]

Nomenclature
NH3=

ammonia

PPDA=

phosphoric acid phenylesterdiamide

abs. Dix=

absolute drift measurement Index

VMD=

volume mean diameter (µm)