Agricultural Engineering Volume 3: Agricultural Mechanisation

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 over 50 countries worldwide, drawn from the Eleventh International Congress on Agricultural Engineering, Dublin, 4-8 September 1989.

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

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