Effects of cover optical properties on screenhouse radiative environment and sweet pepper productivity

Biosystems Engineering

Volumn 122, Issue , 2014, Pages 115-126

  Kitta, Evangelini ^a   Baille, Alain D ^b   Katsoulas, Nikolaos ^c   Rigakis, Nikolaos ^c   González Real, Maria M ^b  

^a INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES INSTITUTE   (Greece)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CARTAGENA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Light quality; Photomorphogenesis; Shading; Transmittance; Yield

Indexed keywords

CROPS; INFRARED DEVICES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PRODUCTIVITY;

LIGHT QUALITY; PHOTOMORPHOGENESIS; SHADING; TRANSMITTANCE; YIELD;

RADIATION EFFECTS;

EID: 84899756280     PISSN: 15375110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2014.04.001     Document Type: Article

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