Comparative use of greenhouse cover materials and their effectiveness in evaporative cooling systems under conditions in Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia

AMA, Agricultural Mechanization in Asia, Africa and Latin America

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 61-66

  Al Amri, Ali M S ^a  

^a KING FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

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EID: 0012903907     PISSN: 00845841     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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