Draft and soil manipulation by a moldboard plow under different forward speed and body attachments

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1517-1521

  Taniguchi, T ^a,b   Makanga, J T ^a,b   Ohtomo, K ^a   Kishimoto, T ^a,b  

^a OBIHIRO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b JOMO KENYATTA UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Failure; Furrow width and height; Plowing speed; Pulverization

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY; MOISTURE; SOILS; SPEED;

MOLDBOARD PLOW; SOIL MANIPULATION;

AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 0033233007     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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