Granular fertiliser particle dynamics on and off a spinner spreader

Biosystems Engineering

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 319-329

  Aphale, A ^a   Bolander, N ^a   Park, J ^a   Shaw, L ^a   Svec, J ^a   Wassgren, C ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0038122839     PISSN: 15375110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1537-5110(03)00062-X     Document Type: Article

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