Development of a walk-behind type hand tractor powered vegetable transplanter for paper pot seedlings

Biosystems Engineering

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 189-197

  Kumar, G V Prasanna ^a   Raheman, H ^b  

^a NORTH EASTERN REGIONAL INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHAIN CONVEYORS; FEEDING; TRACTORS (AGRICULTURAL); TRACTORS (TRUCK); VEGETABLES;

AUTOMATIC FEEDING; CONVENTIONAL METHODS; DEPTH ADJUSTMENTS; FEEDING CONVEYORS; FIELD CAPACITY; FURROW OPENERS; SOIL COVERINGS; UPRIGHT ORIENTATIONS;

SEED;

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 80052940340     PISSN: 15375110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2011.08.001     Document Type: Article

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