aerial spraying
Airborne pest
Aerial spraying is the application of substances from aircraft over a wide area.
Crop dusters spray pesticides or fertilizers on farmland.
Governments use aerial spraying to combat mosquitoes or fight wildfires.
The practice raises environmental concerns about chemical drift affecting unintended areas: Residents protested the aerial spraying of herbicides near their homes.
- crop dustingAircraft spraying farmland
- dioxinChlorinated aromatic toxin
- mosquito controlSuppressing biting pest populations
- public healthCommunity-level disease prevention
- planeWinged flying vehicle
field · glyphosate · defoliant · mist · herbicide · weed killer · swath · droplets · drift · fumigation · no-fly zone · insecticide · Vietnam War · chemical warfare · Agent Orange · firefighting · forest fire · pyrethroids
- farm servicesfarm management, farm labor, harvesting, planting, plowing
- crop dustingcrop duster, crop dusting, spray nozzle, spray nozzles, spray pattern
- pest controlinsecticide, rat trap, pesticide, mousetrap, exterminator
- flight maneuversturn, dive, climb, roll, glide
aerial sprayingspot treatment
Remedy for isolated problem
localized treatment · drip irrigation · hand watering · hand weeding
aerial sprayingorganic farming
Cultivation without synthetic chemicals