Design, development and evaluation of manual-cum-bullock operated zero-till seed-cum fertilizer drill for hills

AMA, Agricultural Mechanization in Asia, Africa and Latin America

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Sinqh, K P ^a   Chandra, Subhash ^a   Bhattacharya, R ^b   Srivastva, A K ^c   Gupta, H S ^b  

^a VIVEKANANDA INSTITUTE OF HILL AGRICULTURE   (India)

^b Vivekananda Institute of Hill Agril   (India)

^c Division of Crop Production   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY; AGRICULTURE; DRILLS; FERTILIZERS; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); MOLECULAR WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION; SEEPAGE; SOIL MECHANICS; SOIL MOISTURE; UNDERWATER SOILS; WATER CONTENT;

CLOD-CRUSHING; ENERGY SAVINGS; FURROW OPENERS; INFILTRATION RATES; MEAN-WEIGHT DIAMETERS; METERING DEVICES; NO TILLS; POWER SOURCES; POWER WHEELS; RAKE ANGLES; SEED DRILLS; SEEDBED PREPARATIONS; SOIL BULK DENSITIES; SOIL DEPTHS; SOIL PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; SOIL WATER CONTENTS; STEADY-STATE INFILTRATIONS;

SEED;

ANIMALIA; LENS CULINARIS; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 62749133341     PISSN: 00845841     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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