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peer-reviewed research article

A comparison of bench-top and perimeter heating of greenhouses

authors

Bryan M. Jenkins
Roy M. Sachs
Glen Forister

publication information

California Agriculture 42(1):13-15. DOI: 10.3733/ca.v042n01p13. January-February 1988.

author affiliations

Bryan M. Jenkins is Associate Professor, Department of Agricultural Engineering, University of California, Davis; Roy M. Sachs is Professor, Department of Environmental Horticulture, University of California, Davis; Glen W. Forister is Staff Research Associate, Department of Environmental Horticulture, University of California, Davis.

abstract

Bench-top heating uses less energy than perimeter heating, but temperature distribution in the plant canopy and soil require further study.