Performance of salad-type plants using lighting and nutrient delivery concepts intended for spaceflight

SAE Technical Papers

Volumn , Issue , 1998, Pages

  Goins, Gregory D ^a   Yorio, Neil C ^a   Vivenzio, Hollie ^a  

^a DYNAMAC CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROPS; LIGHTING; NASA; SPACE FLIGHT; SPACE PLATFORMS;

BLUE LIGHT; KENNEDY SPACE CENTERS; NUTRIENT DELIVERY; PHOTOSYNTHETIC PHOTON FLUX; PLANT GROWTH; POWER CONSTRAINTS; WHITE LIGHT;

NUTRIENTS;

EID: 85072481947     PISSN: 01487191     EISSN: 26883627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/981554     Document Type: Conference Paper

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