ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT: FOOD PRODUCTION


Development of food production capability is currently primarily focused on establishing means for the production of food crops in a CELSS. References follow.


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REFERENCES

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Chamberland, D., Wheeler, R.M., and Corey, K.A., Engineering Strategies and Implications of using Higher Plants for Throttling Gas and Water Exchange in a Controlled Ecological Life Support System, SAE Technical Paper Series No. 932062, presented at 23rd International Conference on Environmental Systems, Colorado Springs, CO, July 1993.

Chapman, D.K., Wells, H.W., and Levine, H.G., Plant Growth Facility: A Recent Design Provides Improved Capabilities for Use in the Shuttle Middeck, SAE Technical Paper Series No. 951626, presented at 25th International Conference on Environmental Systems, San Diego, CA, July 10-13, 1995.

Charron, C.S., Cantliffe, D.J., and Wheeler, R.M., A System and Methodology for the Measurement of Volatile Organic Compunds Produced by Hydroponic Lettuce in a Controlled Environment, J. Am. Soc. Hort. Sci., 121, 483-487, 1996.

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Dooley, H.A., Drysdale, A.E., Sager, J.C., and Brown, C.S., Bioregenerative Life Support System Design, SAE Technical Paper Series No. 951493, presented at 25th International Conference on Environmental Systems, San Diego, CA, July 10-13, 1995.

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Fortson, R.E., Sager, J.C., Bledsoe, J.O., Wheeler, R.M., and Knott, W.M., Performance and Reliability of the CELSS Biomass Production Chamber, Adv. Space Res., 14, 327-330, 1994.

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Gallegos, G.L., Peterson, B.V., Brown, C.S., and Guikema, J.A., Effects of Stress Ethylene Inhibitors on Sweet Clover (Melilotus alba L.) Seedling Growth in Microgravity, J. Grav. Physiol., 2, 151-152, 1995.

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Heath, R.L., A Canopy Model for Plant Growth Within a Growth Chamber: Mass and Radiation Balance for the Above Ground Portion, SAE Technical Paper Series No. 911494, presented 21st International Conference on Environmental Systems, San Francisco, CA, July 15-18, 1991.

Heath, R.L., Hurd, R.M.S., and Madore, M., A Generalied Photosynthetic Model for Plant Growth Within a Closed Artificial Environment, SAE Technical Paper Series No. 901446, presenated 20th Intersociety Conference on Environmental Systems, Williamsburg, VA, July 9-12, 1990.

Heathcote, D.G., Brown, A.H., and Chapman, D.K., Nastic Curvatures of Wheat Coleoptiles that Develop in True Microgravity, Plant Cell Environ., 18, 818-822, 1995.

Heathcote, D.G., Brown, A.H., and Chapman, D.K., The Phototropic Response of Triticum aestivum Coleoptiles under Conditions of Low Gravity, Plant Cell Environ., 18, 53-60, 1995.

Hilaire, E., Paulsen, A.Q., Brown, C.S., and Guikema, J.A., Effects of Clinorotation and Microgravity on Sweet Clover Columella Cells Treated with Cytochalasin D., Physiol. Plant., 95, 267-273, 1995.

Hilaire, E., Paulsen, A.Q., Brown, C.S., and Guikema, J.A., Cortical Microtubules in Sweet Clover Columella Cells Developed in Microgravity, Plant Cell Physiol., 36, 1387-1392, 1995.

Hilaire, E., Paulsen, A.Q., Brown, C.S., and Guikema, J.A., Microgravity and Clinorotation Cause Redistribution of Free Calcium in Sweet Clover Columella Cells, Plant Cell Physiol., 36, 831-837, 1995.

Hill, W.A., Loretan, P.A., Bonsi, C.K., Morris, C.E., Lu, J.Y., Ogbuehi, C., and Carver, G.W., Utilization of Sweet Potatoes in CELSS, NASA Conference Publication 10040, pp 27-38, 17th COSPAR Meeting, Espoo, Finland, July 1989.

Hill, W.A., Mortley, D.G., Mackowiak, C.L., Loretan, P.A., Tibbitts, T.W., Wheeler, R.M., Bonsi, C.K., and Morris, C.E., Growing Root, Tuber and Nut Crops Hydroponically for CELSS, Adv. Space Res., 12 (5), 125-131, 1992.

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Hunter, J., Steinkraus, K., and Drysdale, A.E., Value of Fermented Foods for Lunar and Planetary Stations, SAE Technical Paper Series No. 961416, presented 26th International Conference on Environmental Systems, Monterey, CA, July 8-11, 1996.

Johnsson, A., Chapman, D.K., Brown, A., Johnson-Glebe, C., Karlsson, C., and Heathcote, D.G., Gravity Sensing in Oat Coleoptiles: Scatter in Growth Orientation under Different g-Conditions, Plant Cell Environ., 16, 749-754, 1993.

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Johnson, C.F., Dreschel, T.W., Brown, C.S., and Wheeler, R.M., Optimization of Moisture Content for Wheat Seedling Germination in a Cellulose Acetate Medium for a Space Flight Experiment, Adv. Space Res., 18, 239-242, 1996.

Johnson, C.F., Brown, C.S., Wheeler, R.M., Sager, J.C., Chapman, D.K., and Deitzer, G.F., Infrared Light-Emitting Diode Radiation Causes Gravitropic and Morphological Effects in Dark-Grown Oat Seedlings, Photochem. Photobiol., 63, 238-242, 1996.

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Knott, W.M., Sager, J.C., and Wheeler, R.M., Achieving and Documenting Closure in Plant Growth Facilities, Adv. Space Res., 12 (5), 115-123, 1992.

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Levine, H.G., and Krikorian, A.D., Shoot Growth in Aseptically Cultivated Daylily and Haplopappus Plantlets after a 5-Day Spaceflight, Physiol. Plant., 86, 349-359, 1992.

Loretan, P.A., Bonsi, C.K., Hill, W.A., Ogbuehi, C.R., Mortley, D.G., Lu, J.Y., Morris, C.E., and Pace, R.D., Sweet Potato Growth Parameters, Yield Components and Nutritive Value for CELSS Applications, SAE Technical Paper Series No. 891571, presented 19th Intersociety Conference on Environmental Systems, San Diego, CA, July 24-26, 1989.

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Mackowiak, C.L., Garland, J.L., Strayer, R.F., Finger, B.W., and Wheeler, R.M., Comparison of Aerobically-Treated and Untreated Crop Residues as a Source of Nutrients in a Recirculating Hydroponic System, Adv. Space Res., 18, 281-287, 1996.

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McKeehan, J.C., Mitchell, C.A., Smart, D.J., Mackowiak, C.L., Wheeler, R.M., and Nielsen, S.S., Effect of CO2 Levels on Nutrient Content of Lettuce and Radish, Adv. Space Res., 18, 85-92, 1996.

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Sager, J.C., and Wheeler, R.M., Application of Sunlight and Lamps for Plant Irradiation in Space Bases, Adv. Space Res., 12 (5), 133-140, 1992.

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Strayer, R.F., Microbiological Characterization of the Biomass Production Chamber during Hydroponic Growth of Crops at the Controlled Ecological Life Support System (CELSS) Breadboard Facility, SAE Technical Paper Series No. 911427, presented at 21st International Conference on Environmental Systems, San Francisco, CA, July 15-18, 1991.

Strayer, R.F., Evaluation of Enzymatic Hydrolysis of CELSS Wheat Residue Cellulose at a Scale Equivalent to NASA's KSC Breadboard Project, SAE Technical Paper Series No. 93225, presented 23rd International Conference on Environmental Systems, Colorado Springs, CO, July 1993.

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Volk, T., Bugbee, B., and Wheeler, R.M., An Approach to Crop Modeling with the Energy Cascade, J. Life Sup. Biosphere Sci., 1, 119-127, 1995.

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