Development of a precision sprayer for site-specific weed management

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 893-900

  Tian, L ^a   Reid, J F ^a   Hummel, J W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Application rate; Herbicide; Machine vision; Spatial variability; Spray nozzle

Indexed keywords

GLYCINE MAX; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0033169129     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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