External greenhouse mobile shading: Effect on microclimate, water use efficiency and yield of a tomato crop grown under different salinity levels of the nutrient solution

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 609, Issue , 2003, Pages 181-186

  Lorenzo, P ^a   Sanchez Guerrero M C ^a   Medrano, E ^a   Garcia M L ^a   Caparros I ^a   Gimenez M ^a  

^a CIFA de Almería ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

Greenhouse; Mobile shade screen; RUE; Salinity; Vapour pressure deficit; WUE

Indexed keywords

EID: 15944370143     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2003.609.24     Document Type: Conference Paper

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