Construction and Design

Mississippi State University: Bulletin on Environmental Control for Greenhouse Tomatoes. (.pdf)

University of Florida IFAS Extension. Bucklin, R.A., Leary, J.D., McConnell, D.B. and E.G. Wilkerson. 2004. Fan and Pad Greenhouse Evaporative Cooling Systems. CIR1135. http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/AE069

National Greenhouse Manufacturers Association: http://www.ngma.com/secure/securedownload/download.htm
Download standards for design loads, heat loss, structural design manual, guideline for curtain systems, electrical designs, environmental control, glazing, heating systems, insect screening, and ventilation and cooling. Helpful hints in the form of page brochures on these and other topics can also be downloaded.

Greenhouse Product News Greenhouse Structures and Equipment. Articles on environmental control and new products, covers, structures. www.gpnmag.com:80/gpn/index.cfm?powergrid=rfah=|cfap=&CFID=2969459&CFTOKEN=65710304&fuseaction=showArticleCategory&articleCategoryID=31&articleCategoryLabel=Greenhouse%20Structures%20and%20Equipment

Natural Resource, Agriculture, and Engineering Service.

Aldrich, R.A. and J. W. Bartok, Jr. 1994. Greenhouse Engineering. NRAES-33. $30.00. http://www.nraes.org/publications/nraes33.html

T.C. Weiler and M. Sailus. 1996. Water and lNutrient Management for Greenhouses. NRAES-56. 102 p. $20.00 http://www.nraes.org/publications/nraes56.htm

Roberts, W. J., Bartok, J. W., Jr. et al. Northeast Regional Agricultural Engineering Service. 1989. Energy conservation for commercial greenhouses. NRAES-3. 42 p. $6.00 http://www.nraes.org/publications/nraes3.html

North Carolina State University. Willits, D.H. 1994. Misting External Shade Cloths. Part I (April 1994) and Part II (December 1994 p. 1-5) NC Flower Growers' Bulletin Vol. 39#6. Part II is available from the North Carolina Commercial Flower Growers' Association http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/floriculture/NCCFGA/pubs/bulletins.htm

Rutgers. Horticultural Engineering:, Powerpoint presentations, newsletters, articles and links. Also includes a photo documentary on constrution of an open-roof greenhouse. http://aesop.rutgers.edu/~horteng

USDA Agricultural Research Service. Virtual Grower www.ars.usda.gov/services/software/download.htm?softwareid=108

West Virginia University/University of Maryland.

Planning and Building a Greenhouse http://www.wvu.edu/~agexten/hortcult/greenhou/building.htm.

Greenhouse Construction and Cost Estimates http;//www.wvu.edu/agexten/hortcult/greenhou/grencons.htm

Worldwide Greenhouse Education. Greenhouse Simulator www.uvm.edu/wge/simintro.htm

 

Use of High Tunnels and Tobacco Transplant Greenhouses

ATTRA: Season Extension for Market Gardeners. http://attra.ncat.org/attra-pub/PDF/seasonext.pdf.

Central Great Plains High Tunnel Project: http://www.hightunnels.org.

University of Kentucky: Alternative crops for greenhouse tobacco growers-descriptions of hydroponics systems, float beds, and capillary mat watering for production of plants in the greenhouse or outdoors. http://www.uky.edu/Agriculture/HLA/anderson/raft_veg/intro.htm

University of Missouri: List of high tunnels maufacturers (.pdf)

Penn State Center for Plasticulture: High tunnels website. Research articles and downloadable files on design and production. http://plasticulture.cas.psu.edu/H-tunnels.html.

University of Tennessee. An Economic Analysis of Sequential Cropping Systems in Greenhouses in Tennessee. (.pdf)

University of Vermont. Using Low-Cost Technology in High Tunnels. (.pdf)

Washington State University: Information on high tunnel greenhouses http://cru.cahe.wsu.edu/CEPublications/eb1825/eb1825.html.

 

Environmental Control

Alberta Agriculture Food and Rural Development

Management of the Greenhouse Environment http://www1.agric.gov.ab.ca/$department/deptdocs.nsf/all/opp2902

Components of the greenhouse system for environmental control http://www1.agric.gov.ab.ca/$department/deptdocs.nsf/all/opp2892

Mississippi State: Bulletin on Environmental Control for Greenhouse Tomatoes (.pdf)

Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food Carbon Dioxide in Greenhouses www.omafra.gov.on.ca/english/crops/facts/00-077.htm

 

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