Cooling systems in screenhouses: Effect on microclimate, productivity and plant response in a tomato crop

Biosystems Engineering

Volumn 129, Issue , 2015, Pages 100-111

  Leyva, R ^a,b   Constan Aguilar C ^b   Sanchez Rodriguez E ^b   Romero Gamez M ^a   Soriano, T ^a  

^a IFAPA CENTRO EL TORUÑO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Environmental stress; Fogging system; Mediterranean area; Screen covered structures; Solanum lycopersicum

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FOGGING SYSTEM; MEDITERRANEAN AREAS; PLANT RESPONSE; SOLANUM LYCOPERSICUM; TOMATO CROPS;

EID: 84908406438     PISSN: 15375110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2014.09.018     Document Type: Article

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