Environmental impact of screenhouse and open-field cultivation using a life cycle analysis: The case study of green bean production

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 28, Issue , 2012, Pages 63-69

  Romero Gamez M ^a   Suarez Rey E M ^a   Anton A ^b,c   Castilla, N ^a   Soriano, T ^a  

^a IFAPA CENTRO EL TORUÑO   (Spain)

^b IRTA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

Author keywords

Environmental impact; Green bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.); Life cycle analysis; Misting; Screenhouse

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONS; CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; CROPPING SYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL STANDPOINT; ENVIRONMENTALLY-FRIENDLY; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; GREEN BEANS; HIGH-QUALITY PRODUCTS; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; MINIMUM YIELD; MISTING; PHASEOLUS VULGARIS; REDUCED PRODUCTION; SCREENHOUSE;

CROPS; FOG DISPERSAL; LIFE CYCLE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

PHASEOLUS VULGARIS;

EID: 84858341967     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2011.07.006     Document Type: Article

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