Continuous light as a way to increase greenhouse tomato production: Expected challenges

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 956, Issue , 2012, Pages 51-57

  Velez Ramirez, A I ^a   Vreugdenhil, D ^a,b   Heuvelink, E ^a   Van Ieperen, W ^a   Millenaar, F F ^c  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b CBSG   (Netherlands)

^c Vegetable Seeds Division Monsanto   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chlorosis; Continuous light; Greenhouse; Solanum lycopersicum; Supplementary light

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870620302     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2012.956.3     Document Type: Article

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