Precision seeder uniformity varies with theoretical spacing

HortTechnology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 47-50

  Bracy, Regina P ^a   Parish, Richard L ^a   McCoy, Joe E ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Planters; Planting; Seed metering; Seeding; Seeding uniformity

Indexed keywords

BRASSICA; BRASSICA OLERACEA; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA; CAPITATA;

EID: 0032896840     PISSN: 10630198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/horttech.9.1.47     Document Type: Article

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