Development of combined site-specific mesa and lepa methods on a linear move sprinkler irrigation system

Applied Engineering in Agriculture

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 883-895

  Evans, R G ^b   Iversen, W M ^b   Stevens, W B ^b   Jabro, J D ^a  

^a Northern Plains Agricultural Research Laboratory   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Barley; GPS; Pneumatic controls; Precision agriculture; Precision irrigation; Spatial variability; Sugarbeet; Variable rate irrigation

Indexed keywords

BARLEY; GPS; PRECISION AGRICULTURE; PRECISION IRRIGATION; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; VARIABLE RATE IRRIGATIONS;

AGRONOMY; CONTROL SYSTEMS; PNEUMATIC CONTROL; PNEUMATIC CONTROL EQUIPMENT; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RESEARCH; SPRINKLER SYSTEMS (IRRIGATION); WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; WATER MANAGEMENT;

CONTROLLERS;

HORDEUM;

EID: 78649351436     PISSN: 08838542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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