1st Edition

Agricultural Engineering Volume 3: Agricultural Mechanisation Proceedings of the Eleventh International Congress on Agricultural Engineering, Dublin, 4-8 September 1989

Edited By Vincent A. Dodd, Patrick M. Grace Copyright 1989
686 Pages
by CRC Press

686 Pages
by CRC Press

This set of proceedings volumes provides a broad coverage of basic and applied research projects dealing with the application of engineering principles to both food production and processing. The set consists of the following four volumes: Land and water use, Agricultural buildings, Agricultural mechanisation and Power, processing and systems. Includes about 450 papers from... Read more

3 Agricultural mechanisation 3.1 Soil cultivation and seed-bed preparation; Keynote paper: Optimising soil cultivation and seedbed preparation parameters referring to soil conditions 3.2 Harvesting and handling of agricultural products; Keynote paper: Separation, sorting and grading during harvesting and handling o f agricultural products at farm level; 3.3 Application of plant nutrients and pesticides; Keynote paper: Application and control o f the distribution of plant nutrients and pesticides

Biography

Vincent A. Dodd and Patrick M. Grace, Agricultural and Food Engineering Department, University College Dublin.