NASA NTRS · 19780019791
Plants for space plantations
Abstract
Criteria for selection of candidate crops for closed life support systems are presented and discussed, and desired characteristics of candidate higher plant crops are given. Carbohydrate crops, which are most suitable, grown worldwide are listed and discussed. The sweet potato, ipomoea batatas Poir., is shown to meet the criteria to the greatest degree, and the criteria are recommended as suitable for initial evaluation of candidate higher plant crops for such systems.
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Nikishanova, T. I.. 1978-06-01. Plants for space plantations. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19780019791
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