Simulation of Fixed- and Variable-Rate Application of Granular Materials

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1311-1321

  Fulton, J P ^a   Shearer, S A ^a   Stombaugh, T S ^a   Anderson, M E ^b   Burks, T F ^c   Higgins, S F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b Fuller Mossbarger Scott May E   (United States)

^c University of Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

As applied surfaces and maps; Distribution patterns; Fertilizer and lime application; Modeling; Potash; Precision agriculture; Spinner disc spreader

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FERTILIZERS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GRANULAR MATERIALS; MANAGEMENT;

SPINNER DISC SPREADERS; VARIABLE-RATE TECHNOLOGY (VRT) SYSTEMS;

AGRICULTURE;

FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GIS; PRECISION AGRICULTURE; SIMULATION; SPATIAL DATA; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 1042302551     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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