Influence of high concentrations of mineral salts on production process and NaCl accumulation by Salicornia europaea plants as a constituent of the LSS phototroph link

Some Methods for Human Liquid and Solid Waste Utilization in Bioregenerative Life-Support Systems

“…The plant mass was less than the mass of the plants grown on model solutions. Nevertheless, it was sufficient to utilize the Na contained in the rinsing water, as shown previously [16] with comparable Na and K concentrations in solutions, and the aboveground saltwort biomass could accumulate up to 10% of Na based on dry biomass.…”

“…With our new technique, the quantity of biogenic elements in rinsing water was much closer to Table 2). Tikhomirova et al [16] showed the feasibility of S. europaea cultivation on solutions imitating urine in their mineral element content (except for nitrogen) with comparable Na and K quantities. At the same time, it appeared that saltwort was capable of active absorption and accumulation of these elements in the aboveground biomass but could not selectively absorb Na over K. Based on the above, we compared plants cultivated on a model solution simulating one of the possible variants of biogenic element content in natural urine except for nitrogen, the starting content of which was 170 mg/l.…”

“…It was therefore decided to check the feasibility of desalinizing irrigation water with the help of plant halophytes. Salicornia europaea will normally grow under NaCl concentration up to 2% [14,15] on aqueous media containing basic biogen content in concentrations close to their content in human urine [16][17][18].…”

Agriculture for Space: People and Places Paving the Way

“…This had little effect on the wheat growth productivity for the time period it was tested , and demonstrated the ability to directly recycle nutrients and water from waste streams back to crops . But recycling urine for longer periods might require the use of Na separation technologies or halophytic plants to avoid excessive Na accumulation (Subbarao et al, 2000;Tikhomirova et al, 2005;Yamashita et al, 2007;Qin et al, 2013).…”

Wheeler Raymond Agriculture for Space: People and Countries Paving the Way

“…This had little eff ect on the wheat growth productivity for the time period it was tested (Lisovsky et al, 1997) [109], and demonstrated the ability to directly recycle nutrients and water from waste streams back to crops [109]. But recycling urine for longer periods might require the use of Na separation technologies or halophytic plants to avoid excessive Na accumulation Tikhomirova et al, 2005;Qin et al, 2013) [169, 182, 205, 148].…”