Analysis of kaolin particle film use and its application on coffee

HortScience

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1605-1608

  Steiman, Shawn R ^a   Bittenbender, Harry C ^a   Idol, Travis W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Coffea arabica; Shade; Surround WP

Indexed keywords

BEVERAGES; KAOLIN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANTS (BOTANY); ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

COFFEA ARABICA; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; SURROUND WP; ULTRAVIOLET TRANSMISSION;

THIN FILMS;

COFFEA ARABICA;

EID: 36549042013     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.42.7.1605     Document Type: Article

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