Canopy cover and root-zone heating effects on fall- and spring-grown leaf lettuce yield in Ohio

HortTechnology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 737-744

  Bumgarner, Natalie R ^a   Bennett, Mark A ^b   Ling, Peter P ^b   Mullen, Robert W ^a   Kleinhenz, Matthew D ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

High tunnel; Lactuca sativa; Low tunnel; Microclimate modification; Season extension

Indexed keywords

EID: 83755195721     PISSN: 10630198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/horttech.21.6.737     Document Type: Article

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