Point transect estimates of residue cover or crop canopy in rows

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1005-1010

  Rickman, R W ^a   Waldman, S E ^a   Morrison Jr , J E ^a   McCool, D K ^a,b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b ASAE ^*

Author keywords

Crop residue; Knotted cord; Line and bead; Soil cover

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WASTES; CROPS; CULTIVATION; VEGETATION;

SINE-WAVE POINT SPACINGS; TILLAGE;

AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 0032122260     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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