Precover

"Precover" in a Sentence (3 examples)

Zineb did not give good control as a precover spray but as a cover spray it gave excellent control of late and storage scab.

Excellent control of a storage rot of apples, caused by Gloeosporium album, was obtained with an orchard spraying program of captan in the precover followed by 3 regular and 2 late cover sprays of captan or a mixture of captan and zineb.

At the discretion of the Agent, the permittee may be assessed a reinspection fee, not to exceed $235, when a precover inspection correction notice requires correction of improper construction and, at a subsequent inspection, the Agent finds system construction deficiencies have not been corrected.

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