Effects of Different Cooling Strategies on the Transpiration Rate and Conductance of Greenhouse Sweet …
Fecha de publicación:
2 de enero de 2006
Resumen:
This paper presents some experimental results concerning the effects of three greenhouse cooling devices (fan-ventilation, fog-system and whitening) on the crop transpiration rate and on the conductance of sweet pepper plants growing in summer (planted in July) under a semi-arid climate (Almería, South-Eastern Spain). The influence of the climatic conditions created by the cooling devices, and of the crop leaf area index (LAI), was studied and analysed. It was found that young sweet pepper plants have their own pattern of adaptation to a given cooling strategy, showing quite differentiated responses in transpiration rate and canopy conductance ...