Seeding uniformity of precision seeders

HortTechnology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 182-185

  Bracy, Regina P ^b   Parish, Richard L ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cabbage; Carrot; Cucumber; Onion; Planters; Seed metering; Seeding; Spinach

Indexed keywords

ALLIUM CEPA; BRASSICA OLERACEA; CUCUMIS SATIVUS; DAUCUS CAROTA; SPINACIA OLERACEA;

EID: 0031924016     PISSN: 10630198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/horttech.8.2.182     Document Type: Article

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