Innovation in mechanical weed control in crop rows

Weed Research

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 215-224

  Van Der Weide, R Y ^a   Bleeker, P O ^a   Achten, V T J M ^a   Lotz, L A P ^a   Fogelberg, F ^b   Melander, B ^c  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Swedish Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Engineering (JTI)   (Sweden)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Finger weeder; Harrow; Intra row weed control; Organic farming; Physical weeding; Pneumat; Sarl Radis; Sensing; Torsion weeder

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSED AIR; CROPPING PRACTICE; INNOVATION; LIGHT INTENSITY; MECHANICAL CONTROL; ORGANIC FARMING; ROBOTICS; WEED CONTROL;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 43549116098     PISSN: 00431737     EISSN: 13653180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3180.2008.00629.x     Document Type: Review

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