Performance assessment and model development of a variable-rate, spinner-disc fertilizer applicator

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1071-1081

  Fulton, John P ^a   Shearer, Scott A ^a   Chabra, Guiellaume ^a   Higgins, Stephen F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Modeling; Precision agriculture; Variable rate technology

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GRANULAR MATERIALS; LIME; SPREADERS;

APPLICATION RATES; VARIABLE-RATE TECHNOLOGY (VRT);

FERTILIZERS;

FERTILIZER APPLICATION; MODELING; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0035689955     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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