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Energy considerations in the use of herbicides
Author(s) -
Green Maurice B.,
McCulloch Archie
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
journal of the science of food and agriculture
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.782
H-Index - 142
eISSN - 1097-0010
pISSN - 0022-5142
DOI - 10.1002/jsfa.2740270202
Subject(s) - tillage , agricultural engineering , energy (signal processing) , environmental science , weed control , agronomy , process engineering , computer science , mathematics , biology , engineering , statistics
The total energy contents of a number of herbicides have been determined by a computer program. A comparison is made on the basis of the figures obtained between energy usages in carrying out weed‐control operations mechanically and chemically, and in carrying out conventional and minimum tillage methods of cultivation.