**5. Conclusions**


Our future research will focus on exploring the biological efficacy of the modified SSCDS configuration. These data are needed to support the further development and eventual commercial adaptation of this system.

**Author Contributions:** L.R.K., R.R. and R.S. provided the idea of this work and contributed to the conceptualization and experiment design. M.L. assisted in emitter design and fabrication. R.R., R.S., L.R.K. and G.-A.H. contributed to the field data collection. R.R. performed the data analysis and prepared the original draft. R.S., L.R.K., G.-A.H., M.G. and M.L. reviewed and revised the manuscript in the current form. Correspondence and request for the paper should be addressed to L.R.K. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.

**Funding:** This project was funded by the USDA-NIFA Specialty Crop Research Initiative gran<sup>t</sup> program and WNP0745.

**Informed Consent Statement:** Not applicable.

**Acknowledgments:** The authors extend their gratitude for Karen Lewis and Bernardita Sallato for allowing us to conduct the trial in their research block. Sincere thanks are also given to Patrick Scharf and Linda Root for their technical and administrative support. We would also like to thank Abhilash Chandel, Jake Schrader, Anura Rathanayake, Haitham Bahlol, Ramesh Sahni, Margaret McCoy, Maia Bloom and Jennifer for their assistance in data collection and analysis.

**Conflicts of Interest:** The authors declare no conflict of interest.
