Performance evaluation of various types of furrow openers on seed drills - A review

Journal of Agricultural and Engineering Research

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 125-137

  Chaudhuri, Deepak ^a  

^a CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING   (India)

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EID: 0012493306     PISSN: 00218634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jaer.2000.0688     Document Type: Review

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