PARMS: A decision support system for planting and residue management

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 219-229

  Smith, E G ^a   Lindwall, C W ^a   Green, M ^b   Pavlik, C K ^a  

^a LETHBRIDGE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b ALBERTA AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT   (Canada)

Author keywords

Decision support system; Planting; Residue management; Soil conservation

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS; AGRICULTURAL WASTES; C (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE); COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION;

CROP RESIDUE MANAGEMENT; PLANTING AND RESIDUE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (PARMS);

SOIL CONSERVATION;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; PARMS; PLANTING; RESIDUE MANAGEMENT; SOIL CONSERVATION;

EID: 0031064166     PISSN: 01681699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0168-1699(96)00039-7     Document Type: Article

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