Dwarf Tomato and Pepper Cultivars for Space Crops

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dc.creatorSpencer, Lashelle
dc.creatorHummerick, Mary
dc.creatorStutte, Gary
dc.creatorSirmons, Takiya
dc.creatorGraham, Thomas
dc.creatorMassa, Gioia
dc.creatorWheeler, Raymond
dc.date.accessioned2019-06-28T20:43:17Z
dc.date.available2019-06-28T20:43:17Z
dc.date.issued2019-07-07
dc.descriptionLashelle Spencer, ESC Team QNA, USA
dc.descriptionMary Hummerick, QNA, USA
dc.descriptionGary Stutte, SyNRGE LLC, USA
dc.descriptionTakiya Sirmons, Wyle Labs Inc., Johnson Space Center, USA
dc.descriptionThomas Graham, University of Guelph, Canada
dc.descriptionGioia Massa, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), USA
dc.descriptionRaymond Wheeler, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), USA
dc.descriptionICES204: Bioregenerative Life Support
dc.descriptionThe 49th International Conference on Environmental Systems was held in Boston, Massachusetts, USA on 07 July 2019 through 11 July 2019.
dc.description.abstractCrops for space life support systems and in particular, early supplemental food production systems must be able to fit into the confined volume of space craft or space habitats. For example, spaceflight plant chambers such as Svet, Lada, Astroculture, BPS, and Veggie provided approximately 15-40 cm of growing height for plant shoots. Six cultivars each of tomato and pepper were selected for initial study based on their advertised dwarf growth and high yields. Plants were grown in 10-cm pots with solid potting medium and controlled-release fertilizer to simulate the rooting constraints that might be faced in space environments. Lighting was provided by fluorescent lamps (~300 umol m-2 s-1) and a 16 h light / 8 h dark photoperiod. Cultivars were then down selected to three each for pepper (cvs. Red Skin, Pompeii, and Fruit Basket) and tomato (cvs. Red Robin, Mohamed, and Sweet n’ Neat). In all cases (pepper and tomato), the plants grew to an approximate height of 20 cm and produced between 200 and 300 g fruit fresh mass per plant. In previous hydroponic studies with unrestricted root growth, Fruit Basket pepper and Red Robin tomato produced much larger plants with taller shoots. The findings suggest that high value, nutritious crops like tomato and pepper could be grown within small volumes of space habitats, but horticultural issues, such as rooting volume could be important in controlling plant size.
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dc.identifier.otherICES_2019_164
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2346/84933
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisher49th International Conference on Environmental Systems
dc.subjectBioregenerative
dc.subjectLife Support
dc.subjectFood
dc.titleDwarf Tomato and Pepper Cultivars for Space Cropsen_US
dc.typePresentationen_US

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