Current developments in seeders and transplanters for vegetable crops

HortTechnology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 346-351

  Parish, Richard L ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Crop establishment; Planting; Seeding; Transplanting; Vegetable

Indexed keywords

EID: 15944386333     PISSN: 10630198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/horttech.15.2.0346     Document Type: Review

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