Comparing the environmental impacts of greenhouse versus open-field tomato production in the Mediterranean region

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 801 PART 2, Issue , 2008, Pages 1591-1596

  Munoz P ^a   Anton A ^a   Nunez M ^a,b   Paranjpe, A ^a   Arino J ^c   Castells, X ^d   Montera, J I ^a   Rieradevall, J ^b  

^a IRTA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

^c SELMAR   (Spain)

^d Agrícola El Progrés Garbí   (Spain)

Author keywords

Environmental burden; Fertilizer; LCA; Pesticides; Water use

Indexed keywords

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 63149085798     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2008.801.197     Document Type: Conference Paper

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