The relationship between energy inputs and crop yield in greenhouse basil production

Journal of Agricultural Science and Technology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1243-1253

  Pahlavan, R ^a   Omid, M ^a   Akram, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Basil; Cobb douglas; Greenhouse; Input energy; Production function; Regression; Sensitivity analysis; Yield

Indexed keywords

EID: 84975796423     PISSN: 16807073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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