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Safety aspects in greenhouse spraying causes and preventive measures

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Title Safety aspects in greenhouse spraying causes and preventive measures
 
Creator Naik, Mude Arjun
Kumar, Adarsh
Poojith, Sajja
Singh, Awani Kumar
 
Subject Chemical application, Exposure, Greenhouse, Robot, Safety, Sprayers
 
Description Ensuring operator safety is an important concern in the application of plant protection chemicals under greenhouse operating conditions. Plant protection chemicals under the greenhouse can be applied by a variety of means, including traditional (lever-operated and battery-powered knapsack sprayers), walk-behind type and riding-type vertical boom sprayers. Among these, traditionalsprayers are the most common means of pesticide application due to easy availability, wide applicability and cost-effectiveness. These sprayers in greenhouse working environments (high temperature and relative humidity), improper ventilation, dense crop geometry and working at heights pose higher chemical risks (potential dermal and inhalation exposure). It causes health hazards such as skin irritation and difficulty in breathing which can impact the worker's life. To reduce and mitigate dermal and inhalation exposure, proper care needs to be taken in terms of equipment, personal protection and application techniques to reduce exposure and increase safetyof the operator. These interventions can reduce significant exposure and improve the efficiency of the working environment without adopting or investing in any technological interventions. Further, the adoption of robotic technology for spraying in the greenhouse will eliminate the human interface and significantly improve yield quality and quantity of produce.
 
Publisher Indian Council of Agricutural Research
 
Date 2024-09-03
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/IndFarm/article/view/150893
 
Source Indian Farming; Vol. 74 No. 7 (2024); 31-35
0019-4786
 
Language eng
 
Relation https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/IndFarm/article/view/150893/55656
 
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