Optical properties of reflection ground covers with potential for enhancing fruit colouration

Biosystems Engineering

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 155-160

  Meinhold, T ^a   Richters, J P ^b   Damerow, L ^a   Blanke, M M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; ALUMINUM FOIL; FRUITS; LIGHT; LIGHT REFLECTION; POLYPROPYLENES; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

ANGLE OF INCIDENCE; ANGLES OF INCIDENCE; BIO-DEGRADABLE; FUTURE TECHNOLOGIES; OPTIMAL MATERIALS; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; SPECTRAL REFLECTION; SUITABLE ANGLES;

OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

DIOSPYROS; DIOSPYROS KAKI; MALUS X DOMESTICA; PRENANTHELLA EXIGUA; PRUNUS DOMESTICA; PRUNUS PERSICA; VITACEAE;

EID: 77956907215     PISSN: 15375110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2010.07.006     Document Type: Article

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