Influence of misting on temperature and heat storage of greenhouse grown tomato fruits during summer conditions

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 559, Issue , 2001, Pages 271-278

  Baille, Alain ^a   Leonardi, Cherubino ^b  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Climate; Evaporative cooling; Greenhouse; Heat storage; Tomato fruit

Indexed keywords

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 37949035992     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2001.559.40     Document Type: Conference Paper

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