Abstract In Mediterranean countries of Southern Europe, the climatic conditions are usually
favourable to cultivate greenhouse vegetables but not always for workers. The aim of this …

Studies about the air temperature inside greenhouses are usually focused on the crop
growth. However, the thermal environment inside greenhouses can affect the safety of the …

In the last years, the crop production in greenhouses in Sicily has highly increased from the
economical point of view both for the higher profit guaranteed by the advanced or deferred …

The expansion of protected agriculture has technological, climatic, and topographic
limitations. The agricultural regions of Costa Rica use the greenhouse concept and adapt it …

A homogeneous greenhouse climate has economic advantages due to a more
homogeneous crop, lesser diseases and possibilities to save energy. The horizontal …

Scarce data is presently available about inside microclimate of production greenhouses for
both day and night periods. This paper aims at exploring the air temperature and humidity …

In modern greenhouses, several measurement points at plant level are required to create an
objective and detailed view of the climate at various regions around the covered space …

1 Wageningen University and Research Center–Greenhouse Horticulture,
Droevendaalsesteeg 1, 6708 PD Wageningen, The Netherlands 2 Wageningen University …

The high risk of economic losses, as a result of virus diseases transmitted by insects, has
forced farmers to adopt the use of insect-proof meshes in the natural ventilation entrances …

Highlights•Reliability and accuracy of a WSN in actual greenhouse conditions
assessed.•Spatially distributed microclimate data collected and analysed.•Significant spatial …