Effects of greenhouse photovoltaic array shading on Welsh onion growth

Biosystems Engineering

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 290-297

  Kadowaki, Masayuki ^a   Yano, Akira ^a   Ishizu, Fumito ^b   Tanaka, Toshihiko ^c   Noda, Shuji ^d  

^a SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Shimane Agricultural Technology Center   (Japan)

^c YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d SHIMANE INSTITUTE FOR INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTIVATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; ROOFS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

ELECTRICAL ENERGY; GREENHOUSE CROP PRODUCTION; GREENHOUSE ENVIRONMENT; GREENHOUSE ROOF; INHIBITORY EFFECT; PHOTOVOLTAIC ARRAYS; SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAICS; USE OF RENEWABLE ENERGIES;

GREENHOUSES;

ALLIUM FISTULOSUM;

EID: 84862818657     PISSN: 15375110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2011.12.006     Document Type: Article

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