Life cycle assessment of open field and greenhouse cultivation of lettuce and barley

Information Processing in Agriculture

Volumn 2, Issue 3-4, 2015, Pages 191-207

  Bartzas, Georgios ^a   Zaharaki, Dimitra ^b   Komnitsas, Kostas ^b  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Agricultural waste; Barley; Greenhouse; LCA; Lettuce; Open field

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY; AGRICULTURAL WASTES; AGRICULTURE; BISMUTH ALLOYS; COMPOSTING; CULTIVATION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GALLIUM ALLOYS; GREENHOUSES; MANUFACTURE; MATERIALS HANDLING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

AGRICULTURAL SECTOR; BARLEY; ENERGY CONTRIBUTION; IRRIGATION SYSTEMS; LETTUCE; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); NURSERY PRODUCTION; OPEN FIELD;

LIFE CYCLE;

EID: 85016995208     PISSN: 22143173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.inpa.2015.10.001     Document Type: Article

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