Abstract
Thermal environment inside single shade-net, double shade-net, and polythene sheet houses and effect on wheat seedling growth
Highlights
Thermo-hygrometer (THD-172 data loggers) data loggers (Fig. 2 a) were used for temperature (T) and relative humidity (RH) measurements
The measurements had ±1oC and ±3% accuracy in temperature and relative humidity, respectively and were pre-calibrated
On the other hand, looking into relative humidity, during morning hours (01:30 hrs to 07:30 hrs) single shade net envelope was moister compared to double shade net and polyhouse envelopes
Summary
Food is an essential part of our life. The increasing population is putting new challenges in crop production. Hirich and Choukr (2017) compared the water and energy use efficiency between greenhouse covered with polythene sheet and the single shade-net housing systems under desert conditions. They have observed that polythene sheet resulting into 2.6 to 3.5 times more water consumption than the required irrigation while 0.25 times less water consumption than the required irrigation in case of shade-net. The soil and watering conditions remained same during the days of experiments
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