Ridge shape as influenced by ridge building technique

Applied Engineering in Agriculture

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 281-286

  Ghaffarzadeh, M ^a   Erbach, D C ^b   Cruse, R M ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation tillage; Cultivation; Ridges

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING; AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY; AGRONOMY; CROPS; EVALUATION; SURFACES;

CONSERVATION TILLAGE; CULTIVATORS; RIDGE BUILDING TECHNIQUE; RIDGE SURFACE INDEX; RIDGE TILLAGE SYSTEMS; TOOL OPERATING DEPTH;

CULTIVATION;

EID: 0030147051     PISSN: 08838542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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