The effect of night temperature on greenhouse grown tomato yields in warm climates

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 191-202

  Willits, D H ^a   Peet, M M ^b  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Heat stress; High temperatures; Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.; Temperature stress; Tomato; Yield

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032538601     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1923(98)00089-6     Document Type: Article

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