Measuring radiometric properties of screens used as crop covers

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 1015, Issue , 2014, Pages 191-200

  Cohen, S ^a   Moller M ^a   Pirkner, M ^a   Tanny, J ^a  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cladding; Global; Greenhouse; Net; Photosynthetic radiation; Screenhouse

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892733392     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/actahortic.2014.1015.21     Document Type: Article

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