How agricultural engineers develop mechanical harvesters: The university perspective

HortTechnology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 270-273

  Gil Ribes, Jesús A ^a   Ferguson, Louise ^b   Castro Garcia, Sergio ^a   Blanco Rodán, Gregorio L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 84903766130     PISSN: 10630198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/horttech.24.3.270     Document Type: Article

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