Modeling of fluorescent lighting systems for micropropagation

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 2263-2269

  Ciolkosz, D E ^a,b   Walker, P N ^a,b   Mistrick, R G ^c   Heinemann, P H ^a,b  

^a ASAE ^*  (United States)

^b University Park   (United States)

^c The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Fluorescent lights; Lighting systems; Micropropagation; Modeling

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030513567     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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