Growing Plants In Space

In growing plants in space many scientists are eager to better understand plant growth under adverse conditions.
Growing plants in space. Plants grown in space include. Arabidopsis seeds small flowering plants related to cabbage and mustard grew for about six weeks and dwarf wheat for five weeks. While crops like radishes and leafy greens have been grown successfully plants like tomatoes have proven to be more difficult to grow. The experiment also is investigating another benefit of growing plants in space.
Growing food to supplement and minimize the food that must be carried to space will be increasingly important on long duration missions said shane topham an engineer with space dynamics laboratory at utah state university in logan. The first growth test of crops in the advanced plant habitat aboard the international space station yielded great results.