Predicting the weekly fluctuations in glasshouse tomato yields

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 593, Issue , 2002, Pages 19-23

  Adams, S R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fruit; Light integral; Lycopersicon esculentum; Model; Ripening; Temperature

Indexed keywords

EID: 54049096086     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2002.593.1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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