A G R I C U LT U R A L A N D F O O D S C I E N C E K. Dereń et al. (2018) 27: 1–6 1 The effect of the type of preparation on the deposit of copper while spraying the winter oilseed rape Katarzyna Dereń1, Antoni Szewczyk1, Tomasz R. Sekutowski2 and Monika Kowalska-Góralska3 1Institute of Agricultural Engineering, The Faculty of Life Sciences and Technology, Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Chełmońskiego 37A, 51-630 Wrocław, Poland 2Institute of Soil Science and Plant Cultivation, National Research Institute, Puławy, Department of Weed Science and Tillage Systems, Orzechowa 61, 50-540 Wrocław, Poland 3Section of Hydrobiology and Aquaculture, Institute of Biology, Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Science, Kożuchowska 5B, 51-631 Wrocław, Poland e-mail: katarzynaderen@gmail.com The aim of the research was to determine the copper deposit volume on winter oilseed rape in three development phase (according to the BBCH scale: 12, 14 and 16). The experiment was performed in triplicate at the spraying speed of 0.86 m s-1. Two working fluids were used: foliar fertilizer Mikrovit Copper 80 and a nanocopper prepara- tion, at the dose of 160 g Cu ha-1. The deposition treatment of the plants was conducted in the spraying chamber ‘Aporo1’ at two pressures (0.20 and 0.28 MPa), using two different types of flat fan nozzles. The dried rape plants were mineralized, and then, in order to determine the deposit, the Cu element concentration was measured using the spectrometer. The largest deposit of copper was obtained using the foliar fertilizer Mikrovit Copper 80 and us- ing a double flat fan nozzle DF 120-02. The statistical analysis of the results of the study showed a significant effect of the type of liquid used on the value of copper deposit on winter oilseed rape plants. Key words: spray deposit, nozzles, foliar fertilizer, mineralization, plant protection Introduction One of the basic conditions for effective and safe protection of crop plants, as well as foliar fertilization, is the se- lection of the suitable spraying technique. The deposit of plant protection products or foliar fertilizers should be done in a way that maximises the amount of active substance, which settles or enters the plant. The even distri- bution and level of deposit of the liquid used is affected, apart from the development phase of plants, by the liq- uid dose and type of applied nozzles (Świechowski et al. 2014). The effectiveness of the spraying procedure and the amount of loss of chemicals is also affected by the quality of spraying (Douzals 2012). Foliar feeding is a very effective way to replenish nutrients in the plants. Using microelements from fertilizers ap- plied directly to the plant, the effect is greater than in the case of soil fertilization. There is increasing number of reports in the literature regarding the use of nanocolloid compounds in agriculture as potentially more effective plant protection agents, growth regulators and artificial fertilizers (Sharon et al. 2010, Rai and Bai 2011, Sokół 2012). These are mainly laboratory tests that primarily concern storage longevity of harvested crops (Lu et al. 2010, Kim et al. 2012, Li et al. 2012, Grzegorzewska and Kowalska 2013). Unfortunately, there is no information on the use of nanocollide compounds for the protection and fertilization of crop plants, so the authors in their own studies on spraying winter oilseed rape used, among others, copper oxide nanoparticles. The aim of the study was to determine the copper deposit volume for winter oilseed rape (for three studied de- velopment phases: 12, 14, 16 BBCH) using the copper spray in two different forms – contained in the foliar ferti- lizer Mikrovit Copper 80 and in the preparation based on the copper oxide nanoparticles. An additional aim was also to assess the impact of nozzle type and pressure on copper deposition on plants. Materials and methods The experiment was conducted in 2016 under greenhouse conditions, at the Institute of Soil Science and Plant Cultivation, National Research Institute, Department of Weed Science and Tillage Systems in Wroclaw (Poland), using the modified I generation phytotest (Sekutowski 2011). The study involved three independent series of ex- periments, with three replicates in each series. The DK Extrovert F1 variety of winter oilseed rape was used for the studies, which was sprayed in the following development phases: 12 BBCH (2 leaves), 14 BBCH (4 leaves), Manuscript received July 2017 A G R I C U LT U R A L A N D F O O D S C I E N C E K. Dereń et al. (2018) 27: 1–6 2 16 BBCH (6 leaves). Test plants (winter oilseed rape) were sown in 150 mm diameter pots on a specially prepared substrate, which was a mixture of peat (pH = 6.5) and sand with a 0.6–0.8 mm diameter in a 2:1 ratio. After 28 days, the rape plants reached their first development phase, BBCH 12, for treatment, and after another 10 days the spraying procedure was performed for the BBCH 14 phase and after another 8 days, the rape was sprayed in the BBCH 16 phase. The spraying treatment was performed in a spraying chamber ‘Aporo1’, at a constant working speed of 0.86 m s-1 and two pressures of 0.20 and 0.28 MPa. Two standard nozzles were used for research: flat fan XR 110-02 and double flat fan DF 120-02, which nozzle spray flow was 0.65 l min-1 at a pressure of 0.20 MPa, and 0.79 l min -1 at a pressure of 0.28 MPa.The height of the nozzles from the sprayed plants was 0.5 m. Table 1 presents the results of droplet size measurements, determined by the volume median diameter (VMD) parameter, for both tested nozzles. The droplet size range suit to droplet categories, according to ANSI/ASAE Standard 572.1 (ASABE Standard 572.1 2009). The size of the drops produced by the nozzles was determined in a laboratory at the Industrial Institute of Agricultural Engineering in Poznań (Poland) using the Spraytec laser particle analyzer (Malvern Instruments). According to ANSI/ASAE Standard 572.1 (ASABE Standard 572.1 2009), the nozzles were classified as fine droplets at both op- erating pressures tested. Two preparations were used as a spraying liquid: foliar fertilizer Mikrovit Copper 80 of the Intermag company and the preparation containing the copper oxide nanoparticles of the <50 nm size. Both preparations were applied at the dose of 160 g Cu ha-1, and the applied water volumes and spraying pressures were as follows: 250 l of water per hectare at a pressure of 0.20 MPa and 300 l of water per hectare at a pressure of 0.28 MPa. The sprayed rape plants in the individual development phases were cut 24h after the treatment. The plants were dried, crushed and weighed, then placed in Teflon HP 500 dishes and mineralized. Mineralization was performed with the “wet” microwaving technique using nitric acid (Ultra Pure grade, Sigma Aldrich, 69.0–70.0%). To each sample of the plant was added 5 ml of HNO 3 acid and next samples was mineralized in the microwave oven Mars 5 (CEM, USA). The Cu content was determined in the mineralized samples using the atomic absorption spectrometry method with the SpectrAA 220 device (Varina, Australia). The correctness of the assay was verified with the refer- ence material ERM-CD281 Rye Grass. The results obtained were provided in milligrams per kilogram of dry matter. The statistical analysis of the test results was performed using the Statistica 12.5 program. Because the depend- ent variable (deposit) is not subject to normal distribution within the investigated groups (nozzle, liquid, pressure), in order to assess the impact of individual factors on the liquid deposit on the rape plants at individual develop- ment phases, the non-parameter Mann-Witney U test was performed. The tests were carried out at the signifi- cance level α=0.05. Results The analysis of Figures 1–3 shows that, regardless of the nozzle and pressure used in the experiment, higher val- ues of deposit at all three development phases of rape were obtained using the foliar fertilizer Mikrovit Copper 80 compared to nanoparticle treatment. It was observed that the double flat fan nozzle DF 120-02, regardless of the pressure used for spraying, is characterised by a higher copper deposit from the foliar fertilizer Mikrovit Cop- per 80 on the winter oilseed rape plants compared to a flat fan nozzle XR 110-02. The highest values of copper deposit from the foliar fertilizer Mikrovit Copper 80 through the double flat fan nozzle DF 120-02 for each stud- Table 1. Results of the droplet category for the tested nozzles at a pressure of 0.20 and 0.28 MPa, determined according to the ANSI/ASAE S572.1 (ASABE Standard 572.1 2009) Nozzle Pressure (MPa) VMD(microns) Droplet Category DF 120-02 0.20 221.1 fine DF 120-02 0.28 204.1 fine XR 110-02 0.20 206.0 fine XR 110-02 0.28 191.2 fine VMD=Volume median diameter - a value where 50% of the total volume or mass of liquid sprayed is made of up droplets larger than this value, and 50% is made up of droplets smaller than this value A G R I C U LT U R A L A N D F O O D S C I E N C E K. Dereń et al. (2018) 27: 1–6 3 ied development phase were noted at the pressure of 0.28 MPa, these values were: 387.1 mg kg-1 (BBCH 12), 76.6 mg kg-1 (BBCH 14), 57.2 mg kg-1 (BBCH 16). Compared to the value of copper deposit from the foliar fertilizer Mikrovit Copper 80 on the winter oilseed rape plants at the pressure of 0.28MPa for the flat fan nozzle XR 110- 02, the use of double flat fan nozzle DF 120-02 increased the deposit by 44% (BBCH 12), by 69% (BBCH 14) and by 92% (BBCH 16). The highest values of copper deposit from the preparation containing nanocollide particles were obtained for winter oilseed rape plants at the BBCH 12 development phase. The values of copper deposit from the nano cop- per applied at the pressure of 0.28 MPa were higher by 83% for the flat fan nozzle XR 110-02 and by 151% for the double flat fan nozzle DF 120-02 compared to the values obtained by applying nano copper at the pressure of 0.20 MPa. The lowest copper deposit values using nanopreparations were obtained during the spraying of rape plants at the BBCH 14 phase (Fig. 2), but the copper deposit increase was also observed at the development phase of the studied plants by 282% for the double flat fan nozzle DF 120-02 while increasing the pressure to 0.28 MPa. Higher copper deposit values were observed when using nanopreparations for the flat fan nozzle XR 110-02 at the BBCH 12 phase by 8% and at the BBCH 14 phase by 87% compared to the double flat fan nozzle DF 120-02 operating at the pressure of 0.20 MPa. In other cases, regardless of the pressure, higher nonopreparation deposit values were noted using the double flat fan nozzle DF 120-02 for the treatment. Fig.1. The deposit of copper to rape plants at the development phase of 2 leaves (12 BBCH) for the studied nozzles (flat fan XR 110-02 and double flat fan DF 120-02) at the pressure of 0.20 and 0.28 MPa. Cu –fertilizer was Mikrovit Copper 80 and Cu nano – contained nano copper. 240 269 96 175 273 387 88 222 0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 450 0.20 MPa 0.28 MPa 0.20 MPa 0.28 MPa Cu Cu Cu nano Cu nano D ep os it io n of c op pe r (m g Cu kg ¯¹ ) Pressure Preparation XR 110-02 DF 120-02 Fig.2. The deposit of copper on the rape plants at the development phase of 4 leaves (14 BBCH) for the studied nozzles (flat fan XR 110-02 and double flat fan DF 120-02) at the pressure of 0.20 and 0.28 MPa. Cu – fertilizer was Mikrovit Copper 80, and Cu nano – contained nano copper. 38 45 12 7 54 77 6 24 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 0.20 MPa 0.28 MPa 0.20 MPa 0.28 MPa Cu Cu Cu nano Cu nano D ep os it io n of c op pe r (m g Cu kg ¯¹ ) Pressure Preparation XR 110-02 DF 120-02 A G R I C U LT U R A L A N D F O O D S C I E N C E K. Dereń et al. (2018) 27: 1–6 4 The results of the statistical analysis for individual development phases of rape plants are presented in Table 2. The impacts of the studied factors (independent variables) were also subjected to assessment, such as: nozzle, type of the liquid used and pressure, on the deposit values (dependent variable) of the liquid on the plants. Based on the data analysis (Table 2) it can be stated that the selection of the type of nozzle for spraying the win- ter oilseed rape at the 12 and 14 development stages in the BBCH scale did not have a statistical impact on the value of copper marking value deposit contained in the liquids used in the studies. In the development phase BBCH 14 of rape the pressure did not have a statistically significant effect on the cop- per deposit value on plants. While the statistically significant influence on the dependent variable (deposit) was noted for all studied development phases of winter oilseed rape plants in relation to the type of liquid used. The studied independent variable – pressure – had a statistically significant impact on the dependent variable – de- posit at the development phase of rape BBCH12 and 16 at the significance level of α=0.05. Discussion The deposit of the liquid on the plants is one of the main indicators determining the quality of spraying crops. The index of deposit is most commonly determined using the filter papers placed on plants (Raetano and Bauer 2003, Celen et al. 2009, De Souza Christovam et al. 2010ab, Sánchez-Hermosilla et al. 2012, Świechowski et al. 2012). The location of the samplers in order to determine the deposit of the studied liquid directly on the plants can cause measurement errors due to the loading of leaves with samplers. Therefore, the authors used the whole winter oilseed plants in their own studies to determine the deposit. Fig.3. The deposit of copper on rape plants at the development phase of 6 leaves (16 BBCH) for the studied nozzles (flat fan XR 110-02 and double flat fan DF 120-02) at the pressure of 0.20 and 0.28 MPa. Cu – fertilizer was Mikrovit Copper 80, Cu nano – contained nano copper. 18 30 12 20 30 57 20 28 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 0.20 MPa 0.28 MPa 0.20 MPa 0.28 MPa Cu Cu Cu nano Cu nano D ep os it io n of c op pe r (m g Cu kg ¯¹ ) Pressure Preparation XR 110-02 DF 120-02 Table 2. The results of Mann-Whitney U test for the studied development phases of winter oilseed rape Development phase of rape Factor Deposition Value statistics U Value statistics Z Value p BBCH12 Nozzle 55.0000 0.9526 0.3408 Kind the liquid spray 22.0000 2.8579 0.0043 Pressure 33.0000 -2.2228 0.0262 BBCH14 Nozzle 52.0000 1.1258 0.2602 Kind the liquid spray 0.0000 4.1280 0.0000 Pressure 56.0000 -0.8949 0.3708 BBCH16 Nozzle 30.0000 2.3960 0.0166 Kind the liquid spray 31.0000 2.3383 0.0194 Pressure 29.0000 -2.4537 0.0141 A G R I C U LT U R A L A N D F O O D S C I E N C E K. Dereń et al. (2018) 27: 1–6 5 Various markers are used to evaluate the deposit, among others: BSF fluorescence (Brilliant Sulfaflavine), tar- tazine or nigrosine (Larsolle et al. 2002, Bayat and Bozdogan 2005, Balsari et al. 2007, Celen et al. 2009, Arvidsson et al. 2011, Świechowski et al. 2015). The metallic elements are another markers used to determine the deposit index. De Souza Christovam et al. (2010a) used copper oxychloride as a marker in their studies. Raetano and Bauer (2003) used copper oxide, while De Souza Christovam et al. (2010b) used a copper preparation called Cobox (50% of metallic copper). These authors marked the copper ion concentration in the studied samples using the atomic absorption method with spectrophotometer. Our study used the foliar Mikrovit Copper 80 fertilizer and copper oxide containing nanoparticles of the <50 nm size as the markers. The concentration of copper ions was deter- mined similarly to the study by De Souza Christovam et al. (2010a and 2010b) with the method of wet digestion and AAS measurement. The analysis of the obtained results showed that the higher deposit values were obtained with the foliar fertilizer Mikrovit Copper 80 for all studied development phases of the rape plants. During the stud- ies of the influence of the copper marker form on the level of deposit, the impact of parameters of the spraying process was also analysed, such as: pressure and type of nozzle on the obtained amount of deposit. Similar stud- ies have been carried out by other researchers (Raetano and Bauer 2003, Świechowski et al. 2012). De Souza Christovam et al. (2010a) in the study of liquid deposit on the soybean plants compared the impact of spraying techniques on the deposit of the spraying preparation on the filter papers. The flat fan nozzles XR 8002 and rotation nozzles LVO (low volume oily) were used for spraying, operating at different air speeds (0, 9 and 29 km h-1) produced by the spray fan with auxiliary air flow. The authors have found that the air speed does not affect the amount of liquid applied on the leaf surface in the upper part of the soybean plants. While Raetano and Bauer (2003) carried out the deposit studies on the bean plants, with filter papers used as samplers placed in different parts of the plant. They investigated the effect of air speed (50, 75 and 100% of maximum yield) generated by the spray fan with an auxiliary air fan. According to their research, the use of an auxiliary air stream at the maxi- mum speed, which is produced by the fan, results in the increased deposit of liquid on the lower surfaces of bean leaves. They also found that the statistical analysis did not show that the air speed differences affect the deposit of copper marker on the studied surfaces of bean plants. Other researchers have investigated the effect of the nozzle type on the deposit of utility liquid in the crown of apple trees, in various phonological phases. Two types of nozzles were used in the studies: hollow cone TR 80- 01 and air-injector ID 90-01. The authors have observed larger liquid deposit using hollow cone nozzles TR 80-01 (in the phase of establishment and full fruit formation) (Świechowski et al. 2012). Two standard nozzles operating at different pressures were compared in this study. It was observed that the dou- ble flat fan nozzle DF 120-02 working at the pressure of 0.28 MPa was characterised with a higher deposit of util- ity liquid, compared to the flat fan nozzle XR 110-02. The highest values of the deposit of copper and nano copper marker were noted in the BBCH 12 phase of winter oilseed rape and ranged from 88.2 to 381.7 mg Cu kg-1 of dry matter. The lowest values of the copper deposit marker were noted while spraying the winter oilseed rape plants, which were at the development phase BBCH 16 and they ranged from 18.1 to 57.2 mg Cu kg-1 of dry matter, while the nano copper marker in the BBCH 14 phase, the lowest values ranged from 6.2 to 23.7 mg Cu kg-1 of dry matter. The statistical analysis used showed the significant effect of the utility liquid type used for the spraying procedure on the value of copper marker deposit depending on the studied development phase of the winter oilseed rape plants. Conclusions 1. Irrespective of the pressure used for the spraying procedure during the deposit of the double flat fan nozzle DF 120-02 the higher deposit of copper was obtained from the foliar fertilizer Mikrovit Copper 80 on the winter oil- seed rape plants compared to the flat fan nozzle XR 110-02. 2. The largest deposit of copper was obtained using the foliar fertilizer Mikrovit Copper 80 for all development phases of winter oilseed rape (12, 14, 16 BBCH) and all spraying parameters used than with nanoparticle copper preparation. 3. 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The effect of the type of preparation on the deposit of copperwhile spraying the winter oilseed rape Introduction Materials and methods Results Discussion Conclusions References