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Phytotron modification: Admits more sunlight through plastic panels
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California Agriculture 17(1):10-11.
Published January 01, 1963
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Abstract
Use of double-pane, clear plastic panels with prismatic lower surfaces to direct sunlight downward from the roof, and patterned for diffusion of light from side panels, allowed 93% more sunlight for plant growth than the glass block design used previously in phytotron tests at Davis.