Greenhouse technological packages for high-quality crop production

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 761, Issue , 2007, Pages 285-297

  Castilla, N ^a   Hernandez, J ^b  

^a IFAPA CENTRO EL TORUÑO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Climate control; Equipment; Glasshouse; Plastichouse; Structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 58049193239     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2007.761.38     Document Type: Conference Paper

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