Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1767517 | Advances in Space Research | 2006 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
A precursory scenario of cultivating the first plants in a lunar greenhouse was elaborated in frames of a conceptual study to grow plants for a permanently manned lunar base. A prototype plant growth system represents an ornamental plant Tagetes patula L. for growing in a lunar rock anorthosite as a substrate. Microbial community anticipated to be in use to support a growth and development of the plant in a substrate of low bioavailability and provide an acceptable growth and blossoming of T. patula under growth limiting conditions.
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Authors
N.O. Kozyrovska, T.L. Lutvynenko, O.S. Korniichuk, M.V. Kovalchuk, T.M. Voznyuk, O. Kononuchenko, I. Zaetz, I.S. Rogutskyy, O.V. Mytrokhyn, S.P. Mashkovska, B.H. Foing, V.A. Kordyum,