Innovation in greenhouse engineering

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 801 PART 1, Issue , 2008, Pages 75-88

  Giacomelli, G ^a   Castilla, N ^b   Van Henten, E ^c   Mears, D ^d   Sase, S ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b IFAPA CENTRO EL TORUÑO   (Spain)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d Rutgers University   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR RURAL ENGINEERING   (Japan)

Author keywords

Controlled environment plant production systems; Multi disciplinary design; Operational planning; Protected cultivation; Strategic planning; Sustainable design

Indexed keywords

EID: 71449112724     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2008.801.3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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