For agricultural producers, the problem of controlling the European corn borer—an insect that can cause crop losses of up to 35 q/ha—is becoming increasingly serious.
Significantly, there has been a sharp increase in cases where traditional methods of applying crop protection products— such as boom sprayers—even those equipped with air-assisted nozzles—have failed to deliver the expected results in terms of both the complete eradication of the pest and the total elimination of the mycotoxins it causes in the final product.
Martignani, a leader in low volume application technology, has a track record of successful trials demonstrating the full effectiveness of treatments at 50–100 l/ha, even against the corn borer.
As early as 10 years ago, a multinational company in the medical sector adopted a Martignani “Albatros” sprayer with excellent results—an evolution with an electrostatic charge of the first pneumatic boom introduced to the market (which won a gold medal in Verona in 1975). Subsequently, several agricultural machinery companies achieved similar results with Martignani models from the Phantom series featuring a cannon-type outlet, specifically the B-612 Major (effective spray ranges up to 45–50 m) and B-819 Master (effective spray ranges up to 55–60 m).
One of the technical factors behind the superior effectiveness of the Martignani Electrostatic Spray System—even in the fight against the corn borer—in addition to the unique features already known to thousands of its users in the international agri-food sector, is the electrostatic charge of the microdroplets (1981), which, by creating an attractive force between the droplets and the vegetation, ensures maximum dye coverage and uniformity of deposition (droplets charged with the same sign can never merge with one another).
Contract farmers are currently the group best suited to using the most powerful B-819 Master sprayer because, in a type of treatment that demands maximum effectiveness and the fastest possible response, it is possible to treat 20 hectares with 50 l/ha using a single 1,000-liter tank, with spray ranges of 55–60 m even when spraying against the wind, and a productivity of 5 ha/hour (40 hectares in 8 hours), represents the investment with the highest economic return compared to smaller air-convection cannons, which would yield similar results with spray ranges of up to 35 m, treating only 1.33 hectares at 450 l/ha with each 600-liter tank and approximately 10 hectares in 8 hours.
Martignani and the European corn borer
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