Automated intelligent rotor tine cultivation and punch planting to improve the selectivity of mechanical intra-row weed control

Weed Research

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 327-337

  Rasmussen, J ^a   Griepentrog, H W ^b   Nielsen, J ^a   Henriksen, C B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cultivation; Germination; Integrated weed management; Machinery; Non chemical weed control; Organic farming; Physical weed control; Sugar beet; Vegetable crops

Indexed keywords

CROP PRODUCTION; CULTIVATION; GERMINATION; GPS; ORGANIC FARMING; PRECISION; PRECISION AGRICULTURE; RESEARCH WORK; SUGAR BEET; VEGETABLE; WEED CONTROL;

BETA VULGARIS SUBSP. VULGARIS; DAUCUS CAROTA;

EID: 84863500896     PISSN: 00431737     EISSN: 13653180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3180.2012.00922.x     Document Type: Article

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