| Sheltered farming. Types of sheltered farms and their characteristics: low tunnels, high tunnels, shade houses, insect-proof net houses and plastic greenhouses. Net-houses for field crops; Operations and Maintenance of net-houses. Typical crops under shelter. Cropping techniques and practices under sheltered farms.
Components, equipment and accessories in plastic greenhouses. Greenhouse design and site considerations. Design styles. Greenhouse orientation. Greenhouse structures and construction. Greenhouses and their operations. Greenhouse cooling, aeration and ventilation systems. Supplementary lighting. Carbon dioxide fertilisation. Equipment for control of greenhouse environment. Greenhouse modifications for energy conservation and environmental protection.
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