Field corn stover moisture relations determined by in-situ weight and grab sample techniques

ASAE Annual International Meeting 2004

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 1281-1303

  Womac, Alvin R ^a   Igathinathane, C ^a   Sokhansanj, Shahab ^b   Pordesimo, Lester O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORN STOVER; INTER-CELLULAR MOISTURE; STALKS;

GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); HARVESTING; MOISTURE; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SOILS;

CROPS;

CORN; GRAIN; HARVESTING; MOISTURE; PRECIPITATION; SOIL;

EID: 30044435526     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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