http://oar.icrisat.org/id/eprint/3374 2011-11-13T11:42:10Z info:eu-repo/semantics/descriptiveMetadata http://oar.icrisat.org/3374/ Development of Rolling-Type Soil Crust Breaker Awadhwal, N K Thierstein, G E Soil Science Soil crusting or capping is a serious problem in arid and semiarid regions; it restricts the emergence of crop seedlings. A mechanical, rolling soil crust breaker was designed, developed, and tested in the field. The equipment is of simple construction and breaks the soil crust over the rows of germinated seeds effectively, improving emergence significantly without any damage to seedlings. It can be manually operated as a single-row unit or a multiple row unit and can be pulled by animal draft power or a small tractor Shin-Norinsha Co. Country 1983 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://oar.icrisat.org/3374/1/JA_260.pdf Awadhwal, N K and Thierstein, G E (1983) Development of Rolling-Type Soil Crust Breaker. Agricultural Mechanization in Asia, Africa and Latin America, 14 (4). pp. 31-34. ISSN 0084-5841 info:eu-repo/semantics/objectFile info:eu-repo/semantics/humanStartPage