“…In recent years, extensive researches have been carried out on this issue by USA, Russia, Japan, and Europe (Barstev et al, 1996;Drysdale et al, 2002;Ashida, 2003;Czupalla et al, 2005). Studies on the requirements towards space animals feeding to provide edible animal protein have been conducted (Manukovsky et al, 2005;Czupalla et al, 2004). The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) explored in space growth systems of higher plants including wheat, soybean and potatoes.…”