The design and evaluation of a shade screen to overcome within-row variability of tomato crops grown in small experimental glasshouse compartments

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 633, Issue , 2004, Pages 67-73

  Hamer, P J C ^a   Adams, S R ^b   Valdes V M ^b  

^a SILSOE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fruit quality; Fruit size; Light interception; Model; Numerical integration; Uneven ripening; Yield

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248521062     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2004.633.7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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