Responses of plastic shading nets to global and diffuse PAR transfer: Optical properties and evaluation

NJAS - Wageningen Journal of Life Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 125-132

  Al Helal, I M ^a   Abdel Ghany, A M ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Agricultural structures; PAR; Plastic shading net; Radiometric properties

Indexed keywords

CLOUD; COLOR; FARMING SYSTEM; GROWTH RATE; OPTICAL PROPERTY; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; PLASTIC; POROSITY; SHADING;

EID: 77955423390     PISSN: 15735214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.njas.2010.02.002     Document Type: Article

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