Effect of vapor pressure deficit on spinach growth under hypobaric conditions

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 440, Issue , 1996, Pages 60-64

  Iwabuchi, K ^a   Saito, G ^a   Goto, E ^a   Takakura, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

CELSS; Low pressure; Plant growth; Spinach; Vapor pressure deficit

Indexed keywords

SPINACIA OLERACEA;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

AIR CONDITIONING; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BIOMASS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMIDITY; LIGHT; MICROCLIMATE; PRESSURE; SPINACH;

AIR CONDITIONING; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS, CLOSED; ENVIRONMENT, CONTROLLED; HUMIDITY; LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS; LIGHT; PARTIAL PRESSURE; SPINACIA OLERACEA;

EID: 0030308081     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.1996.440.11     Document Type: Conference Paper

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