Wear of spring tine cultivator points in sandy loam and light clay soils in southern Poland

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 50, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 333-340

  Owsiak, Zygmunt ^a  

^a WROC AW UNIVERSITY OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Field conditions; Spring tine point; Tillage tool; Wear

Indexed keywords

CLAY SOIL; DURABILITY; SANDY LOAM;

POLAND;

EID: 0032971644     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-1987(99)00019-7     Document Type: Article

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