Plant growth and human life support for space travel

Handbook of Plant and Crop Physiology, Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages 925-942

  Wheeler, Raymond M ^a   Stutte, Gary W ^b   Subbarao, G V ^b,c   Yorio, Neil C ^b  

^a KENNEDY SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^b DYNAMAC CORPORATION   (United States)

^c JAPAN INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

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DOI: 10.1201/9780203908426     Document Type: Chapter

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