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GREENHOUSE ROOF OPENING AND VENTILATION SYSTEMS AFFECT INTERNAL CLIMATE AND LISIANTHUS CROP RESPONSE

Article number
893_97
Pages
879 – 886
Language
English
Abstract
A study on four double-span greenhouses differing in roof vents and type of ventilation (natural or forced), in the presence of a Lisianthus soilless cultivation, was carried out in order to evaluate the effect of roof opening and ventilation systems on internal climate and crop behaviour.
A nine-month trial was conducted in a North-West Sicily coastal area, in shelters with metal structure and polyethylene cover, with different roof vent typology and differing for presence, number and location of electric fans.
Data on internal climate were collected by a system of thermal and hygrometric sensors connected to a data logger and analysed with a specific software.
Roof opening and ventilation system influenced greenhouse microclimate: during summer, the maximum air temperatures and vapour pressure deficit as well as the lowest air relative humidity were measured in the shelter equipped with chimney top vents only (G1); the lowest thermal values were recorded in the structure with gull-wing opening vents and two head-fans (G4). Roof vent and ventilation typology significantly affected Lisianthus yield: the highest amount of cut flower stems was produced in the G4 greenhouse; the lowest productive performances were achieved in G1.

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Authors
G. Fascella
Keywords
cut flowers, microclimate, relative humidity, temperature, vapour pressure deficit, vent typology
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