Tropical and subtropical greenhouses - A challenge for new plastic films

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 578, Issue , 2002, Pages 163-169

  Hoffmann, Silke ^a   Waaijenberg, Dries ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Far infrared; Greenhouse climate; Greenhouses; Near infrared; Photoselective material; Plastic film; Spectral filter

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548396588     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2002.578.19     Document Type: Conference Paper

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