Harvesting Damage to Potato Tubers by Analysis of Impacts recorded with an Instrumented Sphere

Biosystems Engineering

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 75-85

  Bentini, M ^a   Caprara, C ^a   Martelli, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROPS; CULTIVATION; IRRIGATION; MOISTURE; SOILS;

POTATO TUBERS; PRE-HARVEST IRRIGATION; SOIL MOISTURE CONTENT;

HARVESTING;

CULTIVATION; FARM CROPS; HARVESTING; IRRIGATION; MOISTURE; SOIL;

SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 33646174437     PISSN: 15375110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2006.02.007     Document Type: Article

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