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A rapid assessment technique for the screening of sweetpotato for use in bioregenerative life support applications

Author(s):
Alvarez, M N, investigator
Mortley, D, investigator
Bonsi, C
Hill, J
International Conference on Environmental Systems (32nd 2002 San Antonio Tex)
Investigator(s):
Alvarez,M N,Non-NASA Center: Tuskegee U, AL. Tuskegee University, College of Agricultural, Environmental and Natural Sciences, USA.; Mortley,D,Non-NASA Center: Tuskegee U, AL.
Title(s):
A rapid assessment technique for the screening of sweetpotato for use in bioregenerative life support applications / M.N. Alvarez ... [et al.].
Series:
SAE technical paper series, ; 2002-01-2485 ISSN 0148-7191
Country of Publication:
United States
Publisher:
Warrendale, PA : SAE International, c2002.
Description:
[3] p. : ill.
Language:
English
Summary:
Single leaf sweetpotato cuttings were used for rapid screening of a sample population for adaptation to hydroponics. Leaves cut at the union with the stem were planted in channels covered with white plastic. Holes were punctured through the plastic for the leaf petiole to stand in the channels. They grew in an environmental chamber at 28/22 degrees C, 70% relative humidity and 14 hours light regime at 600 micromoles m⁻² s⁻¹/10 hours dark. Five leaves per line were evaluated after 14 days. This technique differentiated the performance of genotypes and showed that there is much variability for the characters measured.
MeSH:
Ecological Systems, Closed*
Hydroponics*
Ipomoea batatas/growth & development*
Life Support Systems*
Plant Leaves/growth & development*
Other Subject(s):
Non-NASA Center: Tuskegee U, AL
Publication Type(s):
Evaluation Study
Technical Report
Notes:
Caption title.
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Paper presented at the 32nd International Conference on Environmental Systems, San Antonio, Tex., July 15-18, 2002.
Includes bibliographical references.
6 ref.
Report Number:
00029924
NLM ID:
101202583 [Book]

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