Development of a tractor-mounted date palm tree service machine

Emirates Journal of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 30-40

  Fadel, Moustafa A ^a  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Date palm; Date palm mechanization; Machine test.; Palm servicing

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956054111     PISSN: 2079052X     EISSN: 20790538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.9755/ejfa.v12i1.5088     Document Type: Article

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