Greenhouse design and control / Pedro Ponce, Arturo Molina, Paul Cepeda & Esther Lugo, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Campus Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico, Brian MacCleery, National Instruments, Austin, TX, USA.
Agricultural production is one of the main keys to the development of healthy societies. It is anticipated that agricultural systems will increasingly have to contend with temperature, humidity and water stress in the near future. This makes the need to increase the efficiency of land and water use...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Leiden, The Netherlands :
CRC Press/Balkema,
[2015]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: | Agricultural production is one of the main keys to the development of healthy societies. It is anticipated that agricultural systems will increasingly have to contend with temperature, humidity and water stress in the near future. This makes the need to increase the efficiency of land and water use ever more urgent. The control and design of greenhouses allows to increase dramatically the quality of crops and extend the cultivation period year-round. A properly designed autonomous greenhouse based on hydroponics can greatly reduce the amounts of nutrients and energy expended in agricultural pr. |
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| Item Description: | "Balkema book." |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxiv, 354 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781315771557 1315771551 9781317675747 1317675746 9781317675723 131767572X 9781317675730 1317675738 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Online resource; title from PDF title page (CRCnetBASE, viewed on October 15, 2014) |