The rotating disc-hoe-an overview of the system for mechanical weed control

American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers Annual International Meeting 2008, ASABE 2008

Volumn 1, Issue , 2008, Pages 451-463

  Dedousis, Athanasios P ^a,b   Godwin, Richard J ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF KAVALA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Disc hoe; Inter row; Intra row; Non chemical; Soil failure; Weed control

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS; AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CROPS; ROTATION; SOILS;

DISC HOE; INTER-ROW; INTRA-ROW; NON-CHEMICAL; SOIL FAILURE;

WEED CONTROL;

EID: 63049084582     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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