Sugarcane harvester technology: A critical overview

Applied Engineering in Agriculture

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 727-739

  Ma, Shaochun ^a   Karkee, Manoj ^a   Scharf, Patrick A ^a   Zhang, Qin ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Base cutting mechanisms; Feeding mechanisms; Harvesting modes; Sugarcane harvester parameters; Sugarcane harvesting

Indexed keywords

CUTTING MECHANISMS; FEEDING MECHANISM; SUGARCANE HARVESTERS;

EID: 84908472405     PISSN: 08838542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13031/aea.30.10696     Document Type: Article

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