Insect-proof screens in greenhouses: Their effect on roof ventilation and insect penetration

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 507, Issue , 1999, Pages 25-34

  Teitel, M ^a   Barak, M ^a   Berlinger, M J ^b   Lebiush Mordechai, Sara ^b  

^a EXTENSION SERVICE   (Israel)

^b Entomology Laboratory   (Israel)

Author keywords

Greenhouse; Insect proof screens; Model; Ventilation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002830843     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.1999.507.2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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