Electronic spreadsheet tools for layout design of greenhouses

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 801 PART 1, Issue , 2008, Pages 433-440

  Eben Chaime, M ^a   Bechar, A ^a,b   Baron, A ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Configuration; Greenhouses; Layout design; Protected horticulture; Structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 71449127559     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2008.801.46     Document Type: Conference Paper

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