Planting and maintaining crops

This book provides an overview and basic information on the cultivation techniques needed to establish and maintain a crop. It provides a detailed description of seed drills and sprayers explaining how they work and how to set them up for judicious use. A number of different situations may arise depending on the crop and environmental conditions. Scientific knowledge of sowing planting and transplanting plants as well as phytosanitary treatments is presented. The book is designed for students at universities and agricultural colleges and is fully adapted to the curriculum taught to agricultural engineers. It is also a basic tool for professional farmers. Information is presented simply and explicitly making it easy for readers to understand.