Sensors for improved efficiency of irrigation in greenhouse and nursery production

HortTechnology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 735-746

  van Iersel, Marc W ^a   Chappell, Matthew ^a   Lea Cox, John D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Evapotranspiration; Light; Modeling; Relative humidity; Remote sensing; Soil moisture; Soilless substrate; Temperature; Vapor pressure deficit; Water; Wind

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891856927     PISSN: 10630198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/horttech.23.6.735     Document Type: Article

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