Greenhouse cooling by a fog system: Effects on microclimate and on production and quality of a soilless pepper crop

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 719, Issue , 2006, Pages 455-461

  Katsoulas, N ^a   Kitta, E ^a   Kittas, C ^a   Tsirogiannis, I L ^b   Stamati, E ^b   Savvas, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^b Faculty of Agricultural Technology   (Greece)

Author keywords

Air temperature; Evaporative cooling; Fog system; Pepper; Transpiration

Indexed keywords

EID: 37849186081     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/actahortic.2006.719.51     Document Type: Conference Paper

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