The effect of screen type on crop micro-climate, reference evapotranspiration and yield of a screenhouse banana plantation

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 180, Issue , 2014, Pages 32-39

  Pirkner, Moran ^a   Tanny, Josef ^a   Shapira, Or ^b   Teitel, Meir ^a   Cohen, Shabtai ^a   Shahak, Yosepha ^a   Israeli, Yair ^b  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^b Jordan Valley Banana Exp Station   (Israel)

Author keywords

Air velocity; Humidity; Net radiation; Shading; Temperature

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY; CROP YIELD; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FRUIT; HORTICULTURE; HUMIDITY; MICROCLIMATE; NET RADIATION; PLANTATION; SHADING;

ISRAEL;

EID: 84912050555     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scienta.2014.09.050     Document Type: Article

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