Furrow design for improving crop establishment of two-wheel tractor operated strip tillage planters in loam and clay loam soils
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Keywords: two-wheel tractor, strip tillage planter, inverted-T furrow opener, rake angle, conservation agriculture, emergence percentage
DOI: 10.25165/j.ijabe.20211403.5906
Citation: Hoque M A, Hossain M M, Ziauddin A T M, Krupnik T J, Gathala M K. Furrow design for improving crop establishment of two-wheel tractor operated strip tillage planters in loam and clay loam soils. Int J Agric & Biol Eng, 2021; 14(3): 130–139.
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