Designing experiments for direct measurement of wheat photosynthesis in microgravity

SAE Technical Papers

Volumn , Issue , 1999, Pages

  Goins, Gregory D ^a   Stutte, Gary W ^a   Chapman, David K ^a  

^a DYNAMAC CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROGRAVITY; MICROGRAVITY PROCESSING; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

DIRECT MEASUREMENT; GROUND BASED TESTS; GROWTH CHAMBER; NUTRIENT DELIVERY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS RATE; SEED GERMINATION; SEED ORIENTATION; WHEAT (TRITICUM AESTIVUM L.);

SEED;

EID: 85072476973     PISSN: 01487191     EISSN: 26883627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/1999-01-2179     Document Type: Conference Paper

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