Increasing planting rates of gravity-fed field seedling transplanters

Journal of Vegetable Crop Production

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 3-19

  Brewer, H L ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural equipment; Seedlings; Transplanting; Vegetables

Indexed keywords

EID: 15944394586     PISSN: 10496467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J068v03n01_02     Document Type: Article

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