Transmission properties of dry and wet greenhouse cladding materials and relation to crop photosynthesis

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 559, Issue , 2001, Pages 285-292

  Pollet, I V ^a   Pieters, J G ^a   Deltour, J M ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cladding properties; Condensation; Diffusive; Forward scattering; Transmittance

Indexed keywords

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 84865375274     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2001.559.42     Document Type: Conference Paper

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