Sunlight transmitted by colored shade nets on photosynthesis and yield of cucumber

ABSTRACT: Black shading nets are widely used in the protected cultivation of vegetables as a technique for controlling light and temperature, while the colored shading nets, with special optical properties to improve the use of solar radiation, appeared recently in the agricultural plastics market....

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Main Authors: Felipe Ayala Tafoya, Moisés Gilberto Yáñez Juárez, Carlos Alfonso López Orona, Raymundo Medina López, Teresa de Jesús Velázquez Alcaraz, Tomás Díaz Valdés
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal de Santa Maria 2018-08-01
Series:Ciência Rural
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-84782018000900200&lng=en&tlng=en