Effects of ozonated water-fog cooling on ozone gas concentrations and population densities of airborne bacteria and fungi on plant leaves in a naturally ventilated greenhouse

Japan Agricultural Research Quarterly

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 291-297

  Park, Jong Seok ^a   Ishii, Masahisa ^b   Okushima, Limi ^b   Sase, Sadanori ^b   Fujiwara, Kazuhiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR RURAL ENGINEERING   (Japan)

Author keywords

Evaporative fog cooling; Poinsettia; Pothos

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EPIPREMNUM PINNATUM; EUPHORBIA; EUPHORBIA PULCHERRIMA; FUNGI; POTHOS;

EID: 57349144493     PISSN: 00213551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.6090/jarq.42.291     Document Type: Article

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