Soilless cultivation of soybean for Bioregenerative Life-Support Systems: A literature review and the experience of the MELiSSA Project - Food characterisation Phase I

Plant Biology

Volumn 16, Issue SUPPL.1, 2014, Pages 69-78

  Paradiso, R ^a   De Micco, V ^a   Buonomo, R ^a   Aronne, G ^a   Barbieri, G ^a   De Pascale, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Controlled ecological life support system; Glycine max (L.) Merr.; Hydroponics; Seed quality; Seed yield; Space

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CULTIVAR; CULTIVATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HYDROPONICS; LITERATURE REVIEW; NUTRITIVE VALUE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SOYBEAN; TRANSPIRATION;

EMBRYOPHYTA; GLYCINE MAX; MELISSA; MELISSA OFFICINALIS; TRACHEOPHYTA;

CONTROLLED ECOLOGICAL LIFE-SUPPORT SYSTEM; CROP; FOOD; GLYCINE MAX (L.) MERR.; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HYDROPONICS; MICROCLIMATE; PHYSIOLOGY; REGENERATION; REVIEW; SEED QUALITY; SEED YIELD; SOIL; SOYBEAN; SPACE;

CONTROLLED ECOLOGICAL LIFE-SUPPORT SYSTEM; GLYCINE MAX (L.) MERR.; HYDROPONICS; SEED QUALITY; SEED YIELD; SPACE;

CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; FOOD; LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS; REGENERATION; SOIL; SOYBEANS;

EID: 84890943631     PISSN: 14358603     EISSN: 14388677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/plb.12056     Document Type: Review

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