Greenhouse tomato production with electricity generation by roof-mounted flexible solar panels

Scientia Agricola

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 233-239

  Ureña Sánchez, Raúl ^a   Callejón Ferre, Ángel Jesús ^a   Pérez Alonso, José ^a   Carreño Ortega, Ángel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fruit quality; Renewable energy; Shading; Solanum lycopersycum L.; Total production

Indexed keywords

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; SOLANUM;

EID: 84859357966     PISSN: 01039016     EISSN: 1678992X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0103-90162012000400001     Document Type: Article

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