Integrating GIS and GPS into a spatially variable rate herbicide application system

Applied Engineering in Agriculture

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 255-262

  Al Gaadi, K A ^a   Ayers, P D ^a,b  

^a Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROL SYSTEMS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; SOILS;

SITE SPECIFIC APPLICATION; SITE SPECIFIC EVALUATION; SPRAYER;

HERBICIDES;

EID: 0033154289     PISSN: 08838542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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