Rate response assessment from various granular VRT applicators

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 2095-2103

  Fulton, J P ^a,e   Shearer, S A ^b   Higgins, S F ^b   Darr, M J ^c   Stombaugh, T S ^d  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fertilizer distributors; Pneumatic; Potassium; Precision agriculture; Site specific management; Spinner spreaders; Variable rate application and technology

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZER DISTRIBUTORS; PNEUMATIC; PRECISION AGRICULTURE; SITE-SPECIFIC MANAGEMENT; SPINNER SPREADERS; VARIABLE-RATE APPLICATION AND TECHNOLOGY;

ENGINEERS; FERTILIZERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POTASSIUM;

GRANULAR MATERIALS;

PRECISION AGRICULTURE;

EID: 32244448754     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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