Response of tomato plants to natural ventilation and evaporative cooling methods

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 719, Issue , 2006, Pages 447-454

  Mutwiwa, U N ^a   Tantau, H J ^a   Salokhe, V M ^b  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Fan and pad cooling; Natural ventilation; NIR pigments; Phytomonitoring; Tomato

Indexed keywords

INSECTA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 37849189330     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2006.719.50     Document Type: Conference Paper

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