Interlighting improves production of year-round cucumber

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 283-294

  Hovi, Tiina ^a   Näkkilä, Juha ^a   Tahvonen, Risto ^a  

^a PLANT PRODUCTION RESEARCH   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cucumber; Cucumis sativus; Electricity consumption; Interlighting; Supplemental lighting; Yield

Indexed keywords

LIGHT; YIELD;

CUCUMIS; CUCUMIS SATIVUS;

EID: 5444254049     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scienta.2004.04.003     Document Type: Article

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