Analysis of the Spaceflight Effects on Growth and Development of Super Dwarf Wheat Grown on the Space Station Mir

Agriculture for Space: People and Places Paving the Way

“…Gitelson, personal communication). Over a period of about This led to the development of the "Svet" plant chamber that was used on the Mir Space Station to study wheat and other plants through whole production cycles (Bingham et al, 1996;Levinskikh et al, 2000;Sytchev et al, 2001;Salisbury et al, 2003). The Svet chamber principles were then used to develop the smaller "Lada" plant chamber for IMBP to fly on the ISS .…”

Screening and genetic manipulation of green organisms for establishment of biological life support systems in space

“…12,14 In the PESTO experiment on successive plantings of wheat on the International Space Station, elegant gas exchange was noted. 15 The plants have adapted with respect to different environmental conditions on the Earth.…”

Plant growth during the greenhouse II experiment on the Mir orbital station

“…Plant growth during the 1996/1997 experiments was much better than it was in 1995, as was to be expected with the higher irradiance levels (Salisbury, 1997;Levinskikh et al, 2000). Plants were sampled into chemical fixative (excess material into desiccant bags) at 21, 39, 52, and 63 days, with a final harvest on 06 Dec 1996 (123 growing days).…”

“…Although results will not be discussed here, laboratory studies of the frozen wheat were successful (summarized in Salisbury, 1997;Levinskikh et al, 2000). The cuvettes enclosing the plants were only used during the 39-d, 1996/97 experiments, but it was possible from CO2 and H20 data from the IR analyzers to calculate photosynthesis and transpiration rates (Monje et al, 2000).…”