Sugar cane harvester base-cutter height sensing using electromagnetic induction technology

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 2291-2297

  Sam, R ^a,b   Ridd, P ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b PAPUA NEW GUINEA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Papua New Guinea)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic induction; Harvesting; Sugar cane

Indexed keywords

ARUNDINARIA; SACCHARUM; SACCHARUM HYBRID CULTIVAR;

EID: 0030499403     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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