Soil and crop management experiments in the Laboratory Biosphere: An analogue system for the Mars on Earth® facility

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 35, Issue 9 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 1544-1551

  Silverstone, S ^a,b   Nelson, M ^b   Alling, A ^a,b   Allen, J P ^a,b  

^a Biosphere Foundation   (United States)

^b Institute of Ecotechnics   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bioregenerative; Crop yields; Fertility; IPM; Laboratory Biosphere; Life support; Mars On Earth ; Soils; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CROPS; EARTH (PLANET); FUNGI; MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

BIOREGENERATIVE; CROP YIELDS; IPM; LABORATORY BIOSPHERE; LIFE SUPPORT; MARS ON EARTH®; SUSTAINABILITY;

SOILS;

FARM CROPS; FERTILITY; FUNGI; HUMIDIFIERS; NITROGEN; PHOSPHOROUS ACID; PHOSPHORUS; SOIL;

EID: 24644436825     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2005.06.008     Document Type: Conference Paper

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