Managing Spray Drift to Minimize Problems: SPANISH [2024]

OVERVIEW

Este curso en línea cubre el manejo de la deriva de aspersión para minimizar los problemas. La gestión de la deriva de la pulverización (SDM) ha sido un elemento crítico para la agricultura occidental durante décadas. Mantener los productos químicos para la protección de cultivos en el cultivo al que están destinados ha sido una piedra angular de la agricultura occidental no sólo para proteger los cultivos vecinos, sino también para evitar el desperdicio de dinero al permitir que los productos se desvíen del objetivo previsto. La gestión de la deriva de la pulverización ha adquirido mayor importancia a medida que las ciudades invaden las zonas rurales. Cada año, surgen cada vez más casas y otros tipos de urbanizaciones en zonas de cultivo privilegiadas, a menudo junto a campos, huertos o viñedos. Esto genera una mayor preocupación sobre el uso de productos químicos agrícolas y las formas en que se aplican. Este curso revisará muchos aspectos de la deriva de la aspersión, desde formas prácticas para minimizar la deriva hasta las cuestiones regulatorias que la rodean.

This online course covers managing spray drift to minimize problems. Spray drift management (SDM) has been a critical element of Western agriculture for decades. Keeping crop protection chemicals on the crop they are intended for has been a cornerstone of Western agriculture not only to protect neighboring crops, but also to avoid wasting money by allowing products to stray from their intended target. Spray drift management has taken on greater importance as cities encroach on rural areas. Every year, more and more homes and other types of developments are springing up in prime growing areas, often adjacent to fields, orchards, or vineyards. This is leading to increased concern about the use of agricultural chemicals and the ways in which they are applied. This course will review many aspects of spray drift, from practical ways to minimize drift to the regulatory issues surrounding it.

Course Features

Lectures 11
Questions 20
Duration 1 h (approx)

COURSE OUTLINE
- Introducción
  
  3 min.
- Definición, mecánica y equipo de la deriva de pulverización
  
  4 min.
- El grupo de trabajo sobre la deriva de la pulverización, los VMD, el tamaño de las gotas y el SDM
  
  3 min.
- Zonas de Amortiguación y Retranqueos
  
  3 min.
- Equilibrar la cobertura, minimizar la deriva
  
  7 min.
- Aplicadores aéreos
  
  5 min.
- Aplicación suelo
  
  5 min.
- Huertos, Viñedos
  
  2 min.
- Equipo de pulverización
  
  5 min.
- Leyes y reglamentos
  
  9 min.
- Otro movimiento fuera sitio
  
  4 min.

CREDIT INFORMATION

This course is accredited by:

California Department of Pesticide Regulation (0.5 Laws and Regs + 0.5 Other)
Certified Crop Adviser (CCA) Accredited in U.S. and Canada (2 hours IPM)
Florida Department of Agriculture (1 CEU General Standards/Core Sections 487 & 482)
Georgia Department of Agriculture (1 Credit, Commercial, Category 21)
Hawaii Department of Agriculture (1 CEU, Private 1, Commercial 1a, 2, 3, 5, 6, 10, 7f)
Maryland Department of Agriculture (2 Core credits)
Michigan Department of Agriculture (1 credit, 1A, 1B, 1C, AE, Commercial Core, Private Core)
Nevada Department of Agriculture (1 CEU Laws)
Vermont Agency of Agricultural Food and Markets (1 Credit: 1A, 10, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)

It is accredited for licensing categories: PCAs, Qualified Applicators, Private Applicators, Aerial Applicators, and County Permit Holders.

CONTRIBUTORS

Many thanks to the following individuals for their input and assistance in developing this course:

Jim W. Wells, President, Environmental Solutions Group, LLC

Richard Stoltz, Aerial Application Consultant and NAAA Operation SAFE Analyst

Ken Giles , Professor of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, University of California, Davis

Roy Rutz , Supervisor, Pesticide Enforcement Branch, California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR)

Randy Segawa , Supervisor, Environmental Monitoring Branch, California DPR

Jack Peterson , Associate Director, Environmental Services Division, Arizona Department of Agriculture

Xuyang Zhang , Senior Environmental Scientist (Specialist), California DPR

Nathan Desjarlais , Senior Environmental Scientist (Specialist), Enforcement Branch, California DPR

Background information was obtained from :

Drift models and other resource materials developed by the US Forest Service are available online at https://www.epa.gov/pesticide-science-and-assessing-pesticide-risks/models-pesticide-risk-assessment#AgDrift . The AgDRIFT model is able to assess a variety of spray drift conditions and is helpful in estimating downwind drift of aerial, ground boom, and airblast applications.
The Safe and Effective Use of Pesticides , third edition (ANR Publication 3324), written by Patrick J. O'Connor-Marer and published by the University of California's Integrated Pest Management Project. It is available at: https://anrcatalog.ucanr.edu/Details.aspx?itemNo=3324 .
The Proceedings of the North American Conference on Pesticide Spray Drift Management (1998)
Numerous online sources, including: