Sugarcane chopper harvester extractor fan and ground speed effects on yield and quality

Applied Engineering in Agriculture

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 31-34

  Viator, Ryan Patrick ^a   Richard Jr , Edward P ^a   Viator, Blaine J ^b   Jackson, Windell ^c   Waguespack, Herman L ^c   Birkett, Harold S ^d  

^a SOUTHERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b Calvin Viator and Associates   (United States)

^c American Sugar Cane League   (United States)

^d Audubon Sugar Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Chopper harvester; Green cane harvesting; Mechanical harvest; Sugarcane

Indexed keywords

HARVESTING; SOIL MOISTURE; SUGAR CANE;

CHOPPER HARVESTER; GREEN-CANE HARVESTING; MECHANICAL HARVEST; THEORETICAL RECOVERABLE SUGAR (TRS);

HARVESTERS;

EID: 34248340857     PISSN: 08838542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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