Environmental impact of greenhouse tomato production strategies using life cycle assessment approach

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 821, Issue , 2009, Pages 125-131

  Parrado, C A ^a   Boiaca C R ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD JORGE TADEO LOZANO   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Crop growth modeling; Environment; Pollutants emissions; Technical alternatives

Indexed keywords

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; SOLANUM;

EID: 70350077050     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/actahortic.2009.821.13     Document Type: Conference Paper

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