Opto-electronic sensor system for rapid evaluation of planter seed spacing uniformity

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 237-245

  Kocher, M F ^a   Lan, Y ^a   Chen, C ^a   Smith, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Grease belt; Instrumentation; Planters; Spacing; Sugarbeets

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL DEVICES; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; SEED; SENSORS;

GREASE BELT TEST STAND; PLANTERS;

APPLICATORS;

EID: 0031956517     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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